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Are the arts only for a time of plenty?
Posted on 29/07/2010 | 6 CommentsOver the past week, there has been much in the British news about the proposed 25% government cut to arts funding, the UK Film Council being one of its recent victims. Among other reasons, supporters for government funding see the... -
Machines for Living: Their Ongoing Impact
Posted on 22/07/2010 | No CommentsI recently watched Brick Lane, a film adaptation of the novel by Monica Ali. Set in the East End of London, the film (and the book) engages with important political and cultural themes of arranged marriage, immigration, extremist religion, revenge,... -
Musicals as Christian biography: The lives of saints
Posted on 20/07/2010 | No CommentsLast week I wrote about MacKillop, the musical celebrating the life of Australian nun and founder of the Order of St Joseph, Mary MacKillop. It got me thinking about musicals and plays about Christians of the past and historical figures... -
Where does our service lie?: The Christian Artist and the Church (Part 2)
Posted on 17/07/2010 | 6 CommentsLast week I brought up the topic of how we might think about the relationship of the artist to the church, raising some questions about the nature of both “Christian art” and the artist’s sense of membership with the church.... -
6 Times in Edinburgh
Posted on 08/07/2010 | 4 CommentsIf you happen to take a stroll along the Leith Walk in Edinburgh, look out for the man in a pink bikini. Antony Gormley has just recently released his latest art installation, 6 Times. The artist has placed 6 figures... -
Playing the Kingdom of God
Posted on 05/07/2010 | No CommentsLast week, I wrote a post on Buren’s Columns, and I said that this installation of striped pillars in the courtyard of the Palais-Royal has something to add to the way that Christians think about and practice church. Now it... -
Christianity, Creation, and Art
Posted on 03/07/2010 | No CommentsFor the poet, essayist, and farmer Wendell Berry, people’s relationship with land and community is of utmost religious significance. This is especially important as it regards the Christian religion, which takes as one of its central points the fact that...
