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Reviews: Religion, Theatre, and Performance and Blake.Wordsworth.Religion.
Posted on 06/04/2013 | 1 CommentLance Gharavi, ed. Religion, Theatre, and Performance: Acts of Faith. New York/Oxon: Routledge, 2012. 248 pp., £90.00/$131.00 case bound. The contributors to this volume make the argument that theatre and performance studies should take religion seriously, admitting that religion is... -
Reviews: The Devil and Pierre Gernet & Dickens, Christianity and ‘The Life of Our Lord’
Posted on 09/03/2013 | No CommentsDavid Bentley Hart. The Devil and Pierre Gernet: Stories. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012, xi + 172 pp., £16.99/$25.00 paper. David Bentley Hart is well-known for his works of non-fiction, including The Beauty of the Infinite and Atheist Delusions, but The Devil... -
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: Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible
Posted on 07/12/2012 | No CommentsCharles LaPorte. Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011, 304 pp., £39.95/$45.00 cloth. LaPorte is one of the most incisive voices among those involved in not just arguing for a reevaluation of the role and relevance of... -
![“At best reading theological texts alongside literature is illuminating” – Susan Felch [1] When working in the interdisciplinary contexts, the hazards and pitfalls of crossing thresholds, mapping contested territories and speaking in the grammars (often not interchangeable) of two distinct...](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/TRANS-115x1151.gif "Across thresholds: the “and” in theology (religion) and literature")
Across thresholds: the “and” in theology (religion) and literature
Posted on 12/11/2012 | No Comments“At best reading theological texts alongside literature is illuminating” – Susan Felch [1] When working in the interdisciplinary contexts, the hazards and pitfalls of crossing thresholds, mapping contested territories and speaking in the grammars (often not interchangeable) of two distinct... -
Meta-Review: The Hunger Games
Posted on 05/11/2012 | No CommentsWe loved Suzanne Collins’ trilogy The Hunger Games (THG). While the movie is okay, we think the books are great. So, when we set out to do a meta-review of Christian writing on THG, we knew we would be biased.... -
Upon Double Reflection
Posted on 22/10/2012 | 8 CommentsSitting in Haché Gourmet Burgers restaurant last night in Copenhagen, I found myself gazing into an enormous wall-covering mirror and seeing the world around me in reflection. In a way, looking through this glass at my surroundings struck me as...
