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![In his 1989 address to the graduating class of Dartmouth College the Russian poet Joseph Brodsky decided to forego the platitudes that comprise such ceremonies to instead admit that “a substantial part of what lies ahead of you is going […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/the-absinthe-drinker-1876.jpgBlog-115x115.jpg "Surviving the Sahara: On Being Bored")
Surviving the Sahara: On Being Bored
Posted on 03/03/2014 | 3 CommentsIn his 1989 address to the graduating class of Dartmouth College the Russian poet Joseph Brodsky decided to forego the platitudes that comprise such ceremonies to instead admit that “a substantial part of what lies ahead of you is going […] -
![Sooner or later, the writer of creative fiction seems bound to ask just how free are my characters? Good writers strive to make their characters as free as possible – to give them a life of their own – and […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/transpositionssquare-115x115.jpg "Creativity as a Call to Virtue?")
Creativity as a Call to Virtue?
Posted on 02/09/2013 | 2 CommentsSooner or later, the writer of creative fiction seems bound to ask just how free are my characters? Good writers strive to make their characters as free as possible – to give them a life of their own – and […] -
![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 […] -
![Marilynne Robinson’s popular and critically acclaimed novels, Gilead and Home are masterpieces that deftly explore deep metaphysical questions with characters who search for meaning and redemption through Christian faith, engaging with issues of spiritual longing and fulfillment in a way […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Gilead-Photo-1-115x115.jpg "Summer Reading Recommendation: <i>Gilead</i> and <i>Home</i>")
Summer Reading Recommendation: Gilead and Home
Posted on 26/06/2013 | 4 CommentsMarilynne Robinson’s popular and critically acclaimed novels, Gilead and Home are masterpieces that deftly explore deep metaphysical questions with characters who search for meaning and redemption through Christian faith, engaging with issues of spiritual longing and fulfillment in a way […] -
![One of the stumbling blocks that held C. S. Lewis back from embracing Christianity was his inability to understand how the death of an obscure Jewish rabbi two thousand years ago could have any impact on his life. Lewis found […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/study-for-st-paul-preaching-in-athens-1515-115x115.jpg "The Myth Made Fact in the Local Congregation")
The Myth Made Fact in the Local Congregation
Posted on 31/05/2013 | No CommentsOne of the stumbling blocks that held C. S. Lewis back from embracing Christianity was his inability to understand how the death of an obscure Jewish rabbi two thousand years ago could have any impact on his life. Lewis found […] -
![Lance 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 […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/coexist-115x115.jpeg "Reviews: Religion, Theatre, and Performance and Blake.Wordsworth.Religion.")
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 […] -
![David 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 […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/9780802817686-115x115.jpg "Reviews: The Devil and Pierre Gernet & Dickens, Christianity and ‘The Life of Our Lord’")
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 […]
![Editor’s Note: This is the third of a three-part series on the relationship between the artist and the church. The first post ran on 2 October and the second post ran on 23 October. In the second part of this […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_1601-36x36.jpg "Beyond Lines: The Relationship between the Artist and the Church [Part Three]"){kind=small}
![In “The Integrity of Using Art, Part 1″ I suggested that when using art, affirming the integrity of the work is immensely important. Then, in “The Integrity of Using Art, Part 2,” I went on to argue not only that we […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-04-04-10.38.17-36x36.jpg "The Integrity of Using Art, Part 3"){kind=small}
![Trinity Sunday In the Beginning, not in time or space, But in the quick before both space and time, In Life, in Love, in co-inherent Grace, In three in one and one in three, in rhyme, In music, in the […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rublev-trinity-36x36.png "Trinity Sunday – A Sonnet by Malcolm Guite"){kind=small}
![There can often be two schools of thought when it comes to pastoral care of artists. The first says that artists should be treated just like any other group within a religious tradition. It should not be assumed that the […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Antigua-Artist-36x36.jpg "Lord, Give Us Shepherds: A Call for Pastors in the Arts"){kind=small}
![An issue that I continue to run into as I research the Christian church’s support of the arts is that of the quality of the art object, particularly the assumptions that artwork in the church is usually ‘cringe-worthy’, and high […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/trans-36x36.gif "Mediocrity and Excellence: An Issue for Art in the Church"){kind=small}
