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Christina Carnes
A Fit Form of Words
“A Fit Form of Words”: Entering God’s Speech Community by Praying the Psalms The Arts are a vital component of human life. Through visual depiction, sound planning and the organization of words they express political, social, personal, emotional and multifarious other conceptions of the world. Throughout history, works of art have given shape to every cultural … Continue reading
The Call to Come and Die: Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Call to Come and Die: Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich by CHRISTINA CARNES “Then he called his disciples and the crowds to come over and listen. “If any of you wants to be my follower,” he told them, “you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross, and follow me. If you … Continue reading
Honoring the Tension Between Tangible and Spiritual Realities: Matisse’s Chapelle du Rosaire
-By Christina Carnes The Christian doctrine of the incarnation holds in tension the eternal, divine “Word” of Jesus Christ as well as his material presence on Earth. Christ’s two natures are affirmed in the testimony of Christian Scripture; one supernatural, existing outside of humanity’s quotidian perceptions, and the perlocutionary manifestation of this in the material world. … Continue reading
