Art – Covenant

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

Coleridge is a monthly digest of significant developments in theology and the arts. By Ben Lima Art Andrey Rublev: The Artist and His World, a biography by Robin Milner-Gulland of “the greatest painter of ... Read More...

Coleridge: Shane McCrae’s and Wes Anderson’s Episcopal Faith; Pynchon as America’s Theologian; and Bach’s Boundless Abundance

Coleridge is a monthly digest of significant developments in theology and the arts. By Ben Lima Poetry Wyatt Mason profiles the acclaimed poet and practicing Episcopalian Shane McCrae on the occasion of hi... Read More...

Coleridge: The Vocation of the Cinephile; An Opera About Palestrina; Music and Silence

Coleridge is a monthly digest of significant developments in theology and the arts. By Ben Lima Music Deal Hudson interviews poet Dana Gioia about his collaboration with composer Sir James MacMillan on th... Read More...

Coleridge: Against False beauty, Raphael’s Inner Gentleness, and the First Poet-priestess

By Ben Lima Coleridge is a regular survey of artistic efforts to engage with the beauty of truth and splendor of form, and of the church’s reception and interpretation of these artworks (See yesterday’s intr... Read More...

Introducing Coleridge

A new monthly column on theology and the arts. By Ben Lima After having studied the arts for many years from within a more or less mainstream academic framework that entirely ignores the question of transce... Read More...

World Premiere in Wren’s Church, St. Stephen Walbrook

By Graham Kings “Hi Will, your film on Bach’s Art of Fugue, with Christoph Wolff and George Ritchie, was extraordinary.” “Thanks.” “How about making a short film linking Christopher Wren, who died 300 years ... Read More...

Lisboa: A Figural Reading for a Crippled Church

By Trent Pettit Slaves were brought from Africa to work in mines soon after gold was discovered in the backlands of Brazil. The discovery of gold made inland settlements possible for the first time around t... Read More...

A Northern Nativity

By Cole Hartin William Kurelek (1927-77) was a Canadian artist and author who spent much of the second half of his anguished life grappling with Catholicism. His is not likely a name that would be familiar t... Read More...

The hope and joy of peace

Frustration: Good for the Soul?

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

How to Preach Badly, Part Three

A guide to the Covenant

Frustration: Good for the Soul?

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

How to Preach Badly, Part Three

How To Preach Badly, Part Two

How to Preach Badly, Part One: Good Preaching

Death Cafés and the Resurrection of the Body

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

On the Necessity of Transparency in Title IV Proceedings

From the Archives: The Three Sacred Ministers: An Outmoded Concept? (1965)

Remembering Life’s Journey

From the Archives: Worship in an Era of Permanent Change

From Law to Grace: The Gospel in the Holy Eucharist

Jacob’s Ladder for Christians: A Meditation Upon the Seven Sacraments

Ascension song

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

Trinity, Technocracy, and Grace: Thoughts Occasioned by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

The Ethical Problem With AI Might Be Different Than You Think

The Queen is Dead. Long Live the Queen

Coleridge: Shane McCrae’s and Wes Anderson’s Episcopal Faith; Pynchon as America’s Theologian; and Bach’s Boundless Abundance

Of Third Rate Clergymen: Bishop Grafton Speaks

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

Coleridge: Shane McCrae’s and Wes Anderson’s Episcopal Faith; Pynchon as America’s Theologian; and Bach’s Boundless Abundance

Coleridge: The Vocation of the Cinephile; An Opera About Palestrina; Music and Silence

Coleridge: Against False beauty, Raphael’s Inner Gentleness, and the First Poet-priestess

Introducing Coleridge

World Premiere in Wren’s Church, St. Stephen Walbrook

Lisboa: A Figural Reading for a Crippled Church

A Northern Nativity