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![Everyone has at least one piece of literature they are congenitally afraid of picking up. Be it the fear and trembling of page count, plot synopsis, or personal distaste for protagonists in the whaling industry, we all have literary tomes […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Bookshelf-115x115.jpg "The Joy of Being Blindfolded: Or Why You Should Read Thomas Pynchon")
The Joy of Being Blindfolded: Or Why You Should Read Thomas Pynchon
Posted on 15/07/2013 | No CommentsEveryone has at least one piece of literature they are congenitally afraid of picking up. Be it the fear and trembling of page count, plot synopsis, or personal distaste for protagonists in the whaling industry, we all have literary tomes […] -
![The Revd Dr Robert MacSwain, a St Andrews alum, alerts us to two sessions at this year’s American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature conference in Baltimore, Maryland, November 2013, that are relevant to Transpositions readers: 1) “‘A New Way of Doing Theology’: […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/trans-115x115.gif "David Brown & C.S. Lewis at 2013 AAR/SBL Conference")
David Brown & C.S. Lewis at 2013 AAR/SBL Conference
Posted on 28/06/2013 | No CommentsThe Revd Dr Robert MacSwain, a St Andrews alum, alerts us to two sessions at this year’s American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature conference in Baltimore, Maryland, November 2013, that are relevant to Transpositions readers: 1) “‘A New Way of Doing Theology’: […] -
![One of the many nightmarish global crises indexed in the pages of the New York Times this past week was the identification of an almost universally neglected bogeyman: Optimism. According to Roger Scruton, writer and Professional Fellow in Moral Philosophy […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/roger-scruton-16-70dpi-photographer-by-pete-helme-115x115.jpg "A Persistent Pessimism: On Roger Scruton’s “Why Are Pessimists Ignored?”")
A Persistent Pessimism: On Roger Scruton’s “Why Are Pessimists Ignored?”
Posted on 03/04/2013 | 1 CommentOne of the many nightmarish global crises indexed in the pages of the New York Times this past week was the identification of an almost universally neglected bogeyman: Optimism. According to Roger Scruton, writer and Professional Fellow in Moral Philosophy […] -
![Editor’s Note: In this 3-part series, Christopher R. Brewer and Cole Matson consider Ed’s Story, a series of short films. In Part 1, Brewer introduces the series via David Brown’s Through the Eyes of Saints. In Part 2, Matson will discuss […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Photo-on-12-10-12-at-12.36-PM-115x115.jpg "Through the Eyes of Ed Dobson: A Contemporary Saint Biopic")
Through the Eyes of Ed Dobson: A Contemporary Saint Biopic
Posted on 04/03/2013 | 1 CommentEditor’s Note: In this 3-part series, Christopher R. Brewer and Cole Matson consider Ed’s Story, a series of short films. In Part 1, Brewer introduces the series via David Brown’s Through the Eyes of Saints. In Part 2, Matson will discuss […] -
![Editor’s Note: Transpositions is currently featuring a 5–part series on Daniel A. Siedell by Christopher R. Brewer. Part 1 – A Response to Siedell’s “Art and Culture, or Politics by Other Mean–Evangelical Style” was published 24 September. Here, in Part 2, […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Siedell.1-115x115.jpg "A Response to Siedell’s “Art and Explanation”")
A Response to Siedell’s “Art and Explanation”
Posted on 17/10/2012 | No CommentsEditor’s Note: Transpositions is currently featuring a 5–part series on Daniel A. Siedell by Christopher R. Brewer. Part 1 – A Response to Siedell’s “Art and Culture, or Politics by Other Mean–Evangelical Style” was published 24 September. Here, in Part 2, […] -
![In Engaging Art Prize: A Storied Theology of the Arts [Part Two], I suggested that a rightly Storied theology of the arts, one that acknowledges art as created good and redemptive word, maintains the tension between the uselessness and usefulness of art. Besides […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Siedell-115x115.jpg "A Response to Siedell’s “Art and Culture, or Politics by Other Means–Evangelical Style”")
A Response to Siedell’s “Art and Culture, or Politics by Other Means–Evangelical Style”
Posted on 24/09/2012 | 4 CommentsIn Engaging Art Prize: A Storied Theology of the Arts [Part Two], I suggested that a rightly Storied theology of the arts, one that acknowledges art as created good and redemptive word, maintains the tension between the uselessness and usefulness of art. Besides […] -
![Aaron Belz is a poet living in Efland, North Carolina. He holds a B.A. in English and history from Covenant College (1993), a Master’s in Creative Writing from New York University (1995) and a doctorate in English from Saint Louis […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/belz-lovely-raspberry-115x115.jpg "Featured Artist: Aaron Belz")
Featured Artist: Aaron Belz
Posted on 15/08/2011 | No CommentsAaron Belz is a poet living in Efland, North Carolina. He holds a B.A. in English and history from Covenant College (1993), a Master’s in Creative Writing from New York University (1995) and a doctorate in English from Saint Louis […]
![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}
![In “The Integrity of Using Art, Part 1″ I suggested that when using art, affirming the integrity of the work is immensely important. Then, in “The Integrity of Using Art, Part 2,” I went on to argue not only that we […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-04-04-10.38.17-36x36.jpg "The Integrity of Using Art, Part 3"){kind=small}
![Trinity Sunday In the Beginning, not in time or space, But in the quick before both space and time, In Life, in Love, in co-inherent Grace, In three in one and one in three, in rhyme, In music, in the […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rublev-trinity-36x36.png "Trinity Sunday – A Sonnet by Malcolm Guite"){kind=small}
![There can often be two schools of thought when it comes to pastoral care of artists. The first says that artists should be treated just like any other group within a religious tradition. It should not be assumed that the […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Antigua-Artist-36x36.jpg "Lord, Give Us Shepherds: A Call for Pastors in the Arts"){kind=small}
![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-36x36.gif "Mediocrity and Excellence: An Issue for Art in the Church"){kind=small}
