+ Transpositions re-launched as official ITIA blog
7 January 2013 — (From Transpositions) After more than two years, 572 posts, and multiple awards – including the Christian New Media Awards and Conference 2010 Runner-up Best Newcomer Blog and 2011 Runner-up Best Christian Blog – Transpositions is re-launching as the Institute’s official blog. The Institute’s Director Professor Trevor Hart will now serve as Editor (ex officio), with the rest of the Transpositions team continuing on. Continue reading at Transpositions...
+ Theology, Aesthetics and Culture: Responses to the work of David Brown
4 October 2012 — During the summer we announced the forthcoming publication of the latest ITIA-associated book, Theology, Aesthetics and Culture: Responses to the work of David Brown and we are pleased to announce that it was released in the UK on 20 September with Oxford University Press (the American publication is due in November). Theology, Aesthetics and Culture is a collection of essays based upon our 2010 ITIA Conference and was edited by our close friends Robert MacSwain (University of the South) and Taylor Worley (Union University) with contributions from the editors as well as:
- William J. Abraham (Southern Methodist)
- Richard Bauckham (Cambridge)
- Tina Beattie (Roehampton)
- Jeremy Begbie (Duke)
- David Brown (St Andrews)
- Judith S. Casselberry (Bowdoin College)
- David Fuller (Durham)
- Gordon Graham (Princeton)
- Trevor Hart (St Andrews)
- Douglas Hedley (Cambridge)
- Gavin Hopps (St Andrews)
- Kimerer L. LaMothe (formerly of Brown and Harvard)
- Ann Loades (Professor Emerita, Durham; St Andrews)
- Clive Marsh (Leicester)
- Margaret R. Miles (Professor Emerita, Graduate Theological Union)
- Bridget Nichols (Lay Chaplain to the Bishop of Ely, Church of England)
- Ben Quash (King's College London)
- Charles Taliaferro (St Olaf College)
- Richard Viladesau (Fordham University)
- Graham Ward (Oxford)
- Mark Wynn (Exeter)
Do yourself a favour and visit the website, buy a copy and enjoy the wealth within.
+ Update on Micheal O'Siadhail event in April
7 February 2012 — Longtime friend of ITIA, poet Micheal O'Siadhail will be reading from his latest collection, Tongues (Bloodaxe, 2010), on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 at 5:30 pm in Parliament Hall, South Street, St Andrews. Visit the Upcoming events section for more information.
+ Smiths-inspired comic anthology due in November
24 October 2011 — We are excited to announce that Dr Gavin Hopps, Associate Director of ITIA, has written the Introduction for the forthcoming comic anthology Unite And Take Over: Comic Stories Inspired By The Smiths, which will be released at the Tuscon Comic-Con, in Tuscon, Arizona, USA on 5 November 2011. The comic has already generated a signifcant amount of attention and we eagerly await the opportunity to experience The Smiths in a whole new way.