Category: Reviews
So The Moon Would Not Be Swallowed
The brand new poetry chapbook from Brampton poet D.S. Martin, released March 2007 by Rubicon Press of Edmonton. It is a poetic journey with the poet’s missionary grandparents to the China they serve... Read More
Shaming the Devil: Essays in Truthtelling
At a time when truth has become a causality of efficiency and personal gain – Alan Jacobs offers an insightful cultural critique in Shaming the Devil: Essays in Truthtelling. He draws on a number of... Read More
Reluctant Partners: Art and Religion in Dialogue.
– excerpt – “Although the fundamental issue of resistence to presenting overtly religious art to a general public continues to exist, recently there have been significant changes. The tr... Read More
Wired: The New Atheism
The November 2006 issue of Wired magazine carried a cover story under the title, The New Atheism: No Heaven. No Hell. Just Science. Columnist Gary Wolf begins his article with these words … “My fr... Read More
Theologians Talk Art
The well known and sometimes controversial Bishop of Durham, N.T. Wright devoted a chapter of his most recent book Simply Christian, to a discussion of beauty. In this case it is not just beauty fou... Read More
Theological Aesthetics – A Reader
Gesa Elsbeth Thiessen’s reader in Theological Aesthetics contains a wide ranging compilation of readings from the early Church Fathers to current authors who are taking up this important subject. Th... Read More
Beyond Narnia
Suppose you had the chance to sit down and chat with C.S. Lewis near the end of his life. That was the “supposal” that shaped our creative approach to the docudrama C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia. Prod... Read More
Drama Team Handbook
Recently I had a conversation with Val Lieske Co-founder and Artistic Director of Fire Exit Theatre in Calgary. What came up in our discussion was the good and efficient way that drama (art) can addre... Read More