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![Patrick Colm Hogan, How Authors’ Minds Make Stories. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013, xxi + 227 pp., £55.00/$90.00, cloth. In How Authors’ Minds Make Stories, Patrick Colm Hogan explains literary creation in terms of cognitive science. Drawing on both […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Metallica-115x115.jpg "Reviews: Authors’ Minds & Metallica")
Reviews: Authors’ Minds & Metallica
Posted on 25/04/2014 | No CommentsPatrick Colm Hogan, How Authors’ Minds Make Stories. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013, xxi + 227 pp., £55.00/$90.00, cloth. In How Authors’ Minds Make Stories, Patrick Colm Hogan explains literary creation in terms of cognitive science. Drawing on both […] -
![Hans Boersma, Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Edited by Gillian Clark and Andrew Louth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, 304 pp., £72.00/$135.oo cloth. Hans Boersma’s interests in sacramental ontology and ancient Christian expressions […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/BOersma-Oxford-115x115.jpg "Review: Re-Approaching Gregory of Nyssa")
Review: Re-Approaching Gregory of Nyssa
Posted on 28/03/2014 | 6 CommentsHans Boersma, Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Edited by Gillian Clark and Andrew Louth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, 304 pp., £72.00/$135.oo cloth. Hans Boersma’s interests in sacramental ontology and ancient Christian expressions […] -
![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 Visual Faith, William Dyrness entertains two questions concerning the uncomfortable, and at times awkward, relationship between beauty and goodness. The first: “Do pursuits of justice and beauty compete for our attention?”[1] And the second: “How can I enjoy quiet […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/100_1079-36x36.jpg "The Imagination between Beauty and Goodness"){kind=small}
![And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more. People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening. People writing songs that voices never share. And no one dared, Disturb the sound of silence. –Simon & Garfunkel, “The […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/great-silence-2-36x36.jpg "The Sound of Silence and the Silence of Sound: On Having Ears to Hear"){kind=small}
![Hans Boersma, Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Edited by Gillian Clark and Andrew Louth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, 304 pp., £72.00/$135.oo cloth. Hans Boersma’s interests in sacramental ontology and ancient Christian expressions […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/BOersma-Oxford-36x36.jpg "Review: Re-Approaching Gregory of Nyssa"){kind=small}
![Culture Care is the vision of culture as an ecosystem and the call to consider our stewardship of this ecosystem. Recently, as I have developed Culture Care as a thesis, I have come to a deeper understanding of the relationships between nature […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/culture-care-mako-36x36.png "Artist in Residence Series: Culture Care for Churches"){kind=small}
![I often paint in order to know/see what I feel. Sometimes what I feel is not only impossible to say, but also seemingly impossible to know for certain. Paint, color, texture, shapes–physical stuff–can sometimes do a better job of getting at […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/N-studio-2-36x36.jpg "Artist in Residence Series: Art and Hospitality"){kind=small}