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Art in the Church
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![“…some to church repair, / Not for the doctrine, but the music there.” - Alexander Pope [1] On most Sundays the Norwegian Seamen’s Church situated in the heart of Brooklyn’s Red Hook district remains shuttered and abandoned, its congregation a mere memory […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/theRoboticChurch3_544-115x115.jpg "Here’s the Church, Here’s the Steeple: But With Robots, Not People")
Here’s the Church, Here’s the Steeple: But With Robots, Not People
Posted on 25/11/2013 | No Comments“…some to church repair, / Not for the doctrine, but the music there.” - Alexander Pope [1] On most Sundays the Norwegian Seamen’s Church situated in the heart of Brooklyn’s Red Hook district remains shuttered and abandoned, its congregation a mere memory […] -
![Editor’s Note: This is the third of a three-part series on the relationship between the artist and the church. The first post ran on 2 October and the second post ran on 23 October. In the second part of this […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_1601-115x115.jpg "Beyond Lines: The Relationship between the Artist and the Church [Part Three]")
Beyond Lines: The Relationship between the Artist and the Church [Part Three]
Posted on 30/10/2013 | 2 CommentsEditor’s Note: This is the third of a three-part series on the relationship between the artist and the church. The first post ran on 2 October and the second post ran on 23 October. In the second part of this […] -
Fault Lines: The Relationship between the Artist and the Church [Part Two]
Posted on 23/10/2013 | 4 CommentsEditor’s Note: This is the second of a three-part series on the relationship between the artist and the church. The first post ran on 2 October and the final post will run on 30 October. In the first part of […] -
Ghost Lines: The Relationship between the Artist and the Church [Part One]
Posted on 02/10/2013 | No CommentsEditor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series on the relationship between the artist and the church. The second post will run on 23 October followed by the final post on 30 October. Church buildings are seldom static. […] -
![An issue that I continue to run into as I research the Christian church’s support of the arts is that of the quality of the art object, particularly the assumptions that artwork in the church is usually ‘cringe-worthy’, and high […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/trans-115x115.gif "Mediocrity and Excellence: An Issue for Art in the Church")
Mediocrity and Excellence: An Issue for Art in the Church
Posted on 10/07/2013 | 8 CommentsAn issue that I continue to run into as I research the Christian church’s support of the arts is that of the quality of the art object, particularly the assumptions that artwork in the church is usually ‘cringe-worthy’, and high […] -
![Sergius Bulgakov. Icons and the Name of God. Translated by Boris Jakim. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2012, 192 pp. £16.99/$29.00 paper. The Orthodox theologian Sergius Bulgakov (1871-1944) remains a controversial, but nevertheless important, figure in the Orthodox world, so much so […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/9780802866646-115x115.jpg "Review: Icons and the Name of God and A Complex Delight")
Review: Icons and the Name of God and A Complex Delight
Posted on 01/07/2013 | No CommentsSergius Bulgakov. Icons and the Name of God. Translated by Boris Jakim. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2012, 192 pp. £16.99/$29.00 paper. The Orthodox theologian Sergius Bulgakov (1871-1944) remains a controversial, but nevertheless important, figure in the Orthodox world, so much so […] -
![Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. (Isaiah 54:2) Church buildings can be places of comfort and hope; and as […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_1552-115x115.jpg "Gatekeepers and ‘Bad’ Church Art")
Gatekeepers and ‘Bad’ Church Art
Posted on 06/05/2013 | No CommentsEnlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. (Isaiah 54:2) Church buildings can be places of comfort and hope; and as […]
![Editor’s Note: This is the third of a three-part series on the relationship between the artist and the church. The first post ran on 2 October and the second post ran on 23 October. In the second part of this […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_1601-36x36.jpg "Beyond Lines: The Relationship between the Artist and the Church [Part Three]"){kind=small}