Transpositions | Theology, Imagination and the Arts
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In the summer of 2010, a group of students in the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA) started discussing how they might bring the conversation of theology and the arts to a broader audience, one beyond the academy. The result was Transpositions. Transpositions connotes our goal to create conversations between Christian theology and the arts
Transpositions | Theology, Imagination and the Arts
6d ago
Lest anyone remains among Transpositions readership who has missed the copious memos, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift have released records. In an era where our...
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Transpositions | Theology, Imagination and the Arts
1M ago
Perhaps unfairly, pop music elicits a variety of negative images—erratic crowds of fangirls, producers who prioritise formulaic constructions over creative innovation, sensational aesthetics trickling...
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Transpositions | Theology, Imagination and the Arts
2M ago
A version of this reflection was delivered for the opening of Transept’s 2024 exhibition (a)void, hosted between 6–10 April in St Andrews. Transept is...
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Transpositions | Theology, Imagination and the Arts
3M ago
‘What you doin’ with your life? Do you think about it? Do you contemplate where we came from?’ So sings Lana Del Rey in...
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Transpositions | Theology, Imagination and the Arts
3M ago
‘Wine is the intellectual side of a meal. Meat and vegetables are the material side.’ —Dodin Bouffant, The Taste of Things If one...
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Transpositions | Theology, Imagination and the Arts
3M ago
The persistent presence of Paul Tillich in conversations surrounding theology and the arts can be attributed to the close relationship he details between art,...
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Transpositions | Theology, Imagination and the Arts
3M ago
Some questions loop throughout our days. ‘How are you doing? Where are you from? Where do you see yourself in the future?’ If you...
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Transpositions | Theology, Imagination and the Arts
3M ago
The Color of Distance The idea of distance starts with the sea. The sea finds its way to me through things splashed with blue,...
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Transpositions | Theology, Imagination and the Arts
3M ago
As soon as I heard that the theme for the Transept Exhibition was (a)void, I knew that my painting would be about the overuse...
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Transpositions | Theology, Imagination and the Arts
3M ago
Editor’s note: The following article is a reflection upon the artistic process for a short story, ‘Ex Nihilo’, a piece at Transept’s 2024 art...
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