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I Wonder: Work, Art, and the Deeper Meaning of Life
Posted on 06/02/2013 | 4 CommentsEditor’s Note: Transpositions is pleased to welcome Somer Salomon to the team! This is her first post as a regular contributor. Having previously been a guest contributor to Transpositions, I am delighted now to be a “regular!” Although I began... -
God and Oscar®: Whispers of Faith in the Motion Picture Academy
Posted on 30/01/2013 | No CommentsIn a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Image editor Gregory Wolfe rejects the assertion that: Whereas in the 20th century there were literary giants who grappled with faith—T.S. Eliot, Walker Percy, Flannery O’Connor—our own time is devoid of distinguished writers... -
Wait, Don’t Tell Me…I Already Know
Posted on 23/01/2013 | 2 CommentsAs the line between technology and magic continues to blur, there is, perhaps, no place more colorfully entertaining in which to experience this blurring than Walt Disney World. Earlier this month the Walt Disney Company announced the planned introduction of a new... -
Drawing Cities: Art and Urban Place-Making
Posted on 21/01/2013 | 2 CommentsI’ve been intrigued by the This is Our City project for a while now. This is Our City is a multi-year initiative of Christianity Today that seeks to document the way Christians are changing the cities in which they live.... -
Post-Secularism, Theology and the Arts
Posted on 14/01/2013 | 1 CommentWhether by intention, a mysterious act of providence, or both, my reading in the last week was directed toward the theme of ‘post-secularism’ and the arts. By ‘post-secularism’, I mean the view that ‘secularism’ or the increasing ‘secularization’ of the... -
Advent in the Mall
Posted on 12/12/2012 | No CommentsA shopping centre may seem like an odd place to locate a reflection on the season of Advent. But, see this as an attempt to glimpse the divine in the everyday. Most people spend only a couple of hours here... -
A Curator Among Theologians
Posted on 10/12/2012 | 1 CommentEditorial Note: We are pleased to welcome Dan Siedell’s response to the four part series on Dan’s work authored by Christopher R. Brewer, which was recently published on Transpositions. The previously published four parts are: Part 1 – A Response to...
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