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 transcendent value, and thus is neither quite satisfying ... 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...
Words, Music, and the Word—A Night at the Ballet By David Ney Some time ago, when people were able to do such things, I went to the ballet with my wife, my four kids, and a couple of friends. The architecture of the theatre was stunning, and, having just ... Read More...
Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates Those who take up such work rarely win wealth and glory by it, for all the sacrifice it demands. The things they produce, the art that serves the liturgy of God’s people, is a common work of praise, an expression of love. “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name be the praise” (Ps. 115:1).
Doing theology as a bishop Doing theology as a bishop, as well as writing it, often turns out to be exhilarating.
