Michaelmas and Modern Imagination
Today is Michaelmas, the feast day of Michael the Archangel, and so my thoughts are on angels. This is a
Month: September 2021
John Calvin and Creation as a Theater of God’s Glory
When it comes to creation, the Reformed tradition has a less than praiseworthy reputation. A small taste of this can
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The Reformed Tradition and Suspicion of Visual Beauty
Within the Christian tradition, there’s an uneasiness with the things of the world, particularly beautiful things. At the beginning of
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Fittingness in Aesthetics and Ethics
With its associations of wealth and excess, beauty can easily be seen as a privilege, or, even, an enemy of
Beauty Transcendent and Immanent
It’s been a long time since I’ve used this blog space for regular writing and thinking. Most of my writing
Morning Blossoms
Morning blossoms of jasmine and apricot
tempt me to hope.