Defining Fields: Literature and Theology/Religion
In 2010, I attended a session on the state of the field of “religion and literature” at the British Association of Victorian Studies conference….
Introduction to Aesthetics and Liturgy Symposium
Next week will see Transpositions host a symposium on Aesthetics and Liturgy, curated by Anna Blanch and Preston Yancey. Most broadly, liturgy can be…
Make a whistle from my throat: Giving voice to the voiceless
Make a whistle from my throat I do not know what will happen after I die. I do not want to know. But I…
Plastic Flowers and Paving: The Aesthetics of Surburbia
Surburbia has never appealed to me. Until ten years ago, I had almost always lived in places where we couldn’t even see our neighbours,…
The Possibility of Art in Ordinary Moments
We photograph ourselves, our families and the details of our lives with a kind of frequency unknown through human history. Photographic capturing techniques are…
Sacred Street Art and the Soul of a Community
Street art and the sacred might seem like an odd pairing at first blush. But for Artist and Methodist minister Ric Stott the act…
Art of Collaboration (part I): an apologia for collaboration in theology and the arts.
This is the first post in a two part post collaboratively written by Jenn Craft and Anna Blanch. Part II, titled, “Practical considerations when…