Coleridge: Catholic Jon Fosse’s Nobel, Bill Watterson’s Mysteries, and Sufjan Stevens’s Faith Coleridge is a monthly digest of noteworthy items in theology and the arts. By Ben Lima Art History In Washington, D.C., the Catholic Art Institute will host a Christmas tour of the National Gallery on Dec... Read More...
Kneel Down and Fight By Clint Wilson Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1990s was, like so many other Southern cities, struggling to find an identity and possessing a hollowed-out urban core before the generation that would usher in re... Read More...
Coleridge: Christina Rossetti’s Anglo-Catholicism, Chichester’s new workshop for liturgical art, and Cormac McCarthy’s contemptus mundi Coleridge is a monthly digest of significant developments in theology and the arts. By Ben Lima Music In “Spiritual Renewal and Modern Choral Music,” Michael De Sapio praises the work of American composer ... Read More...
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...
Paul Simon, Psalmist? By Andrew Goddard In his already highly acclaimed new album, Seven Psalms, Paul Simon, born into a New York Jewish family, has brought to the fore his wrestling with questions of faith and doubt. This focus ... 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...