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Christian Theology and Tragedy: Wrestling with the Woundedly Embroiled
Posted on 14/11/2011 | 1 CommentA Review of Kevin Taylor and Giles Waller, eds., Christian Theology and Tragedy: Theologians, Tragic Literature and Tragic Theory (Ashgate, 2011). Christians are quick to claim a comedic faith, highlighting not the hilarity of Christian existence, but the ultimate victory... -
Review of G.K. Chesterton: A Biography
Posted on 26/09/2011 | No CommentsA Review of: Ker, Ian. G. K. Chesterton: A Biography. (Oxford, Oxford UP, 2011) In recent years, there has been an exciting revival of scholarly interest in G. K. Chesterton as indicated by books such as William Oddie’s The Romance... -
Reflections on “Hospitable Texts: New Approaches to Religion & Literature”
Posted on 27/07/2011 | No CommentsIn the heart of London, by Trafalgar Square and the National Galleries, sits the Notre Dame University London Center. From the 14-16 July 2011, the centre, located in the iconic building which once housed the Combined Cambridge and Oxford Universities... -
Hospitable Texts: New Approaches to Religion and Literature
Posted on 13/07/2011 | No CommentsI’m heading to London today with two of my colleagues at ITIA (Institute of Theology, Imagination and the Arts) to present papers at The Hospitable Text: New Approaches to Religion and Literature. I have been looking forward to this conference... -
![In an interview, Wendell Berry once remarked: “In a truly grounded, locally adapted culture, the artists would be rememberers.”[1] This statement brought up several questions for me: How important is art to our sense of memory and belonging in a...](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/jayber-crow-wendell-berry-paperback-cover-art-115x115.jpg "The Artist as Rememberer (Part 1)")
The Artist as Rememberer (Part 1)
Posted on 29/06/2011 | 5 CommentsIn an interview, Wendell Berry once remarked: “In a truly grounded, locally adapted culture, the artists would be rememberers.”[1] This statement brought up several questions for me: How important is art to our sense of memory and belonging in a... -
Redeeming Bodies: God, Poetry, and Healing
Posted on 27/06/2011 | 2 CommentsLast autumn in the most unlikely of places—an academic conference in Oxford—I was reminded of the redemptive theological potential of the arts. In the discussion following my paper on kenotic images of God in Annie Dillard’s book, Holy the Firm,... -
Transposing Poetry: Ekphrasis
Posted on 22/06/2011 | 1 CommentTransposition is very much what poetry and all literary art is about. To hear snatches from the huge unknowable symphony of experience, to catch them and transpose them to a key that resonates with our understanding, so that at some...
