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Present and accounted for?
Posted on 16/05/2012 | 3 CommentsLast week the BBC reported on an experimental venture of the European Commission called ‘beaming’.[1] The idea is this: given the time, expense, and environmental impact of business, medical, and other types of travel, is it possible to replace the... -
Review: Do the Gods Wear Capes?
Posted on 11/05/2012 | 5 CommentsBen Saunders, Do the Gods Wear Capes?: Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes (New York: Continuum, 2011). 178 pages. Only half-jokingly I occasionally recommend to my students that they follow the Law of Diminished Expectations: if you go through life with your... -
Engaging Art Prize: Two Vignettes [Part Three]
Posted on 25/04/2012 | 8 CommentsEditor’s Note: Transpositions is currently featuring a 3-part series on Art Prize by guest contributor, Chris Brewer. Brewer started with an introduction to the competition (published 11 April), followed by his suggestion of a storied theology of the arts as a way by which to... -
Christ to Coke: A Review
Posted on 16/03/2012 | No CommentsMartin Kemp, Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon (Oxford University Press, 2012). 368 pages. What images deserve the status of ‘icon’? In his newest book, Martin Kemp brings the trained eye and scholarly method of an art historian to... -
We Can Do Better: A Reply to John Starke
Posted on 22/02/2012 | 13 CommentsYou may have noticed that The Gospel Coalition has recently produced videos and blog posts that explore the relationship between Christianity and the arts. For an evangelical Christian who loves the arts, I am encouraged to see some evangelical leaders... -
An Exercise in Transposition: Reflections on ‘The Artist’
Posted on 20/02/2012 | 6 CommentsIn a featurette on the making of the film ‘The Artist’, actor James Cromwell, who plays Clifton the chauffeur remarks about the film, ‘What’s exciting about it is you have a movie using the techniques that were in use in... -
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Keep Calm and Pray On
Posted on 10/02/2012 | 4 CommentsIf you haven’t seen “Keep Calm and Carry On” or one of its variations over the past decade, you’ve missed a truly global phenomenon.[1] The propaganda poster, designed by the British Ministry of Information (MOI) in 1939, was distributed in...
