Art and Community: Belonging in Tradition
The arts can be understood as “communal” or “expressions of community” in many ways. In this post, I wanted to reflect briefly on the…
Jennifer Allen Craft is a regular contributor at Transpositions. Jenn is from southwest Georgia (think swamp, red clay, peanuts, and gnats) and holds a B. A. in Biblical Studies and Humanities from Atlanta Christian College and an M.Litt. in Theology, Imagination and the Arts from St. Andrews. She is currently working on a PhD on the theological significance of place with special attention to the role of the arts in the way we make and identify with places.
The arts can be understood as “communal” or “expressions of community” in many ways. In this post, I wanted to reflect briefly on the…
A Review of The Melody of Faith: Theology in an Orthodox Key by Vigen Guroian (Eerdmans, 2010) In this book, Guroian presents his readers…
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One of the best things about a good piece of literature is its ability to construct a whole world, a world where you can…
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Over the past several years, talk of the “religious imagination” has become much more popular among theological circles, especially those particularly interested in theology…