Variations on a Theme: A Book for All
When I moved from Texas to Scotland two years ago, the Bible I had read almost daily for 8 years and had used for…
Introduction: Symposium on the King James Bible
As I looked around my cottage-by-the-sea this week, I counted no less than five different English translations of the Bible with a German translation…
Greenbelt Arts Festival: An Aesthetic and Religious Spectrum
Describing Greenbelt and its vast spectrum of acts, talks, moments of reflection and worship, musical and artistic spaces, meeting places, performances and comedy is…
Review: Lovely, Raspberry by Aaron Belz
A review of: Aaron Belz. Lovely, Raspberry. New York: Persea, 2010. (70 pages; ISBN: 978-0-89255-359-4) His first collection, The Bird Hoverer, was described by…
Reflections on “Hospitable Texts: New Approaches to Religion & Literature”
In the heart of London, by Trafalgar Square and the National Galleries, sits the Notre Dame University London Center. From the 14-16 July 2011,…
Hospitable Texts: New Approaches to Religion and Literature
I’m heading to London today with two of my colleagues at ITIA (Institute of Theology, Imagination and the Arts) to present papers at The…
First, Read Charitably: Towards an Ethic of Criticism
Being critical in the sense of articulating a negative assessment or deconstructing a work, like a piece of writing, is easy. It is easy…