Back in November, I posed a question to my friends on Facebook and Twitter: ‘Question: Is (the musical) Les Misérables Christian theatre, and why/why not?’ I had just seen the 25th anniversary concert of my favourite musical livestreamed at my local cinema, and the question of whether such an international mega-hit could also qualify as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Theology & the Arts’
What is Christian Art?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Theatre, Theology & the Arts on February 23, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Theatre R&D – The Research Tour
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Benedictine Theatre Company, C.S. Lewis Foundation, Christian Theatre Tribe, conferences, Theatre, Theology & the Arts on February 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been reading Chris Guillebeau’s blog The Art of Non-Conformity recently (added to blogroll), and this post struck me. In it, Chris relates a piece of advice that marketing guru Seth Godin gave him: “I think you need more of an agenda.” Chris started thinking about his blog’s agenda, and I’ve been thinking about mine. [...]
C.S. Lewis’s Tips on Writing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged C.S. Lewis, Kilns, Oxford, Theology & the Arts, Writing on January 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
You may have noticed I haven’t had a post in almost 2 months. It’s been a particularly busy term. I’ve been revising my thesis on ‘C.S. Lewis on the Moral Responsibility of the Christian Artist,’ taking a class on Thomas Aquinas, and writing essays on Julian of Norwich and the Cloud of Unknowing. I’ve also [...]
Benedictine Theatre Company: Seeking Peace (+ C.S. Lewis Matters)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Benedictine Theatre Company, Blogging, C.S. Lewis, Kilns, Lewis Scholars, Oxford, Theatre, Theology & the Arts on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just realized I haven’t had a Benedictine theatre company post in four months, so here’s another. Before we get started, though, I’d like to point out my new friend Ryan’s blog, which I’ve added to the blogroll on the right. Ryan Pemberton is a new theology student at my college, from Seattle, and is [...]
Dorothy Sayers on Work
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dorothy Sayers, Inklings, Theology & the Arts on October 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week I’d like to share with you some quotes from Dorothy Sayers’ essay “Why Work?”, which can be found in her essay collection Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine (which I HIGHLY recommend). I was reading this essay in the Bird & Baby and began underlining heavily [...]
Is Tolkien Useless?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged conferences, J.R.R. Tolkien, Theology & the Arts on September 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This week’s post is actually a guest post at Transpositions, the student blog of St Andrews’ Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts (which has been added to the blogroll on the right). They’re kicking off a series of responses to last week’s ITIA conference on David Brown, which I attended. I answer a statement [...]
Working Summer
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acting, Catholicism, conferences, Oxford, Theology & the Arts on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I thought I’d do an update post before I continued my series on a Benedictine theatre company. I’m in what’s called the Long Vac in Oxford parlance – the long vacation during the summer, during which students are expected to do the bulk of the primary reading required for their course. I’m also using the [...]
Benedictine Theatre Company: Prologue
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Benedictine Theatre Company, Catholicism, Christian Theatre Tribe, Theatre, Theology & the Arts on July 6, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Well, I’ve done it: I’m now a Roman Catholic. At the 5:45 p.m. Mass on May 16th at the Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy, I was received into the Church by Bishop William Kenney. It was a remarkable experience to be able to participate fully in the Eucharist for the first time, to receive the Body [...]
New Ways of Making Theatre
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christian Theatre Tribe, Theatre, Theology & the Arts on April 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
While doing some Internet browsing on monastic life, I came across this article on LaserMonks, the refurbished ink cartridge distribution business of the Cistercian monks of Spring Bank Abbey in Wisconsin. In the article, the Prior of the community, the Very Rev. Bernard McCoy, O.Cist., is quoted as saying that “monasteries, by the Rule of [...]
Thoughts on a Religious Theatre Community
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acting, Catholicism, Christian Theatre Tribe, Theatre, Theology & the Arts on February 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
So first of all, I have decided to run the series on a theatre company run according to the Rule of St Benedict. I may follow it up by looking at some of the other Rules of religious life as well, such as the Rule of St Augustine which the Augustinians and Dominicans use. One [...]
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