Christianity & art

Alongside my primary research projects, I have a longstanding broader interest in intersections between Christianity and art, and have written on such topics for a variety of publications.

Comment

‘Letter from Rochester’, in Art and Christianity 115 (2023), pp. 18–19. ISSN: 1746-6229

Visual Commentary on Scripture

I have curated four virtual exhibitions for this open access resource that provides theological commentary on the Bible through dialogue with works of art.

Genesis 1:3–5 – Let There Be Light (2019)

Works of art by John Martin, Paul Nash, and John Piper & Patrick Reyntiens

Matthew 9:1–8; Mark 2:1–12; Luke 5:17–26 The Healing of the Paralysed Man (2021)

Works of art by Unknown artist, Willem Isaacsz van Swanenburg, and Stanley Spencer

John 5:1–18 – The Pool of Bethesda (2019)

Works of art by William Hogarth, Trevor Nickolls, and Emma Stebbins

2 Corinthians 3:1–11 – Letter and Spirit (2018)

Works of art by Ugolino Marini Gibertuzzi of Sarnano, Mark Rothko, and William Blake

Book chapter

‘Conversion by Commission: Eric Gill and the Westminster Stations’, in Eric Gill: Work is Sacred, ed. Martin John Broadley (Bury: Koinonia Ltd for the Catholic Archives Society, 2013). ISBN: 9780860880462

Reviews

Joost Joustra, Sin: the Art of Transgression​’, book review for the CenSAMM blog (18 December 2020).

David Jones: Vision and Memory‘, exhibition review in Art and Christianity 85 (2016), p. 11. ISSN: 1746-6229

Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception

The Kinship of Jesus, Visual Arts‘, in EBR 15 (Berlin, Boston: de Gruyter, 2017). ISBN: 2193-2840

The Last Words of Jesus, Visual Arts‘, in EBR 15 (Berlin, Boston: de Gruyter, 2017). ISBN: 2193-2840

Martin, John‘, in EBR 17 (Berlin, Boston: de Gruyter, 2019). ISBN: 2193-2840

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