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![In a recent article titled How to Discourage Artists in the Church, Philip G. Ryken suggests that ‘[m]any Christian artists live between two strange worlds,’ caught between the oddities of the art world and the church world. Ryken writes about how...](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sun-115x115.jpg "The Cult, Fear, and Myth of the New: Three (conflicting) Narratives")
The Cult, Fear, and Myth of the New: Three (conflicting) Narratives
Posted on 03/06/2013 | 6 CommentsIn a recent article titled How to Discourage Artists in the Church, Philip G. Ryken suggests that ‘[m]any Christian artists live between two strange worlds,’ caught between the oddities of the art world and the church world. Ryken writes about how... -
Is Christianity Unified?: A Perspective from True Blood
Posted on 20/05/2013 | 1 CommentOn Facebook several weeks ago, a friend mentioned in a passing status something about Christian unity and the division of denominations to which someone replied with a quote from Lewis’s introduction to On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius: ”We are all rightly... -
![[Please note, this post contains spoilers for the FX series, The Americans.] I recently watched the premier of FX’s period-drama The Americans with great interest, for it boasted a premise that any lover of history would struggle to pass up: set during...](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/the_americans_lg-115x115.jpg "Red Flag: ‘The Americans’ and Humanising the Enemy")
Red Flag: ‘The Americans’ and Humanising the Enemy
Posted on 11/03/2013 | No Comments[Please note, this post contains spoilers for the FX series, The Americans.] I recently watched the premier of FX’s period-drama The Americans with great interest, for it boasted a premise that any lover of history would struggle to pass up: set during... -
Reflecting on the Lion’s World during Lent: Scripture and Literature in Conversation
Posted on 25/02/2013 | No CommentsFormer Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams recently published a compact volume reflecting on the theological riches of Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia, titled The Lion’s World: A journey into the heart of Narnia (SPCK, 2012). This book has been chosen to serve as... -
Review: Genesis: William Blake’s Last Illuminated Work
Posted on 18/01/2013 | No CommentsMark Crosby and Robert N. Essick, eds., Genesis: William Blake’s Last Illuminated Work. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 2012. 100 pp., £55.00/$80.00 cloth. The purpose of this volume is to introduce and provide context for Blake’s Genesis manuscript. The editors present this... -
Visual Lectio Divina
Posted on 27/07/2012 | 2 CommentsI remember the first time I experienced Lectio Divina. More importantly, I remember the verse I memorized that evening and the key phrase that caught my imagination while I listened attentively to the words of Galatians 2:20 being read and...
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