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Yearly Archives: 2015
Hehu Karaiti: Jesus Christ of the Māori
Last week we looked at the subject of the Madonna and Child translated into a Māori idiom. Today we’ll look at artistic depictions of Jesus as a full-grown adult Māori. Head of Christ Māori Jesus by Sofia Minson—a New Zealand … Continue reading
Māori depictions of the Madonna and Child
The Madonna and Child—Virgin Mary holding her infant son, Jesus—is a subject as old as the second-century Catacomb of Priscilla in Rome. The Byzantine Church, for whom this subject held central importance, developed a standardized iconography for it, and it … Continue reading
Posted in Non-Western Art
Tagged Catholic missions in New Zealand, korowai, maori christian art, Maori Jesus, pounamu, tangiwai, tekoteko
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Roundup: Art ministry in West Africa, illuminated Merton poem, Deeper Well Records, Van Gogh’s lost Jesus paintings, and Jesus quiz
Partner with an arts missionary: My friend Scott Rayl has joined Wycliffe Bible Translators as an arts specialist and is in the process of raising money to start training for service in West Africa. Scott is the person who first got … Continue reading
Posted in Roundup
Tagged christian music, christology, deeper well, scott rayl, van gogh christian art, wycliffe arts specialist
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The Avett Brothers sing gospel
My brother, husband, and I have similar tastes in music. We like a folksy sound. We like banjos but not too much twang in the vocals. We like harmonies. So we all like the Avett Brothers. Hailing from my native … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged americana, avett brothers christians, folk gospel, stand by me hymn
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This is what hope usually feels like
With this post I’m deviating a tad from the Jesus program to dwell on a painting that is particularly timely for me and my family, who in the wake of a cancer diagnosis are being forced to hope. My Aunt … Continue reading
Tee Time: Elvis Jesus
The designer wear company Elvis Jesus was founded in 1997. According to their website, “Somewhere between the gutter and the stars lies Elvis Jesus, juxtaposing heroes with anti-heroes, rock with religion and fashion with politics. Using inky black humour, renegade design and … Continue reading
Posted in T-shirts
Tagged christian t-shirts, designer jesus clothes, jesus t-shirts
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Roundup: Yeezianity, the Young Messiah, false Jesus theories, abandoned churches, religion treasures at Yale
“The Church of Yeezianity” by Matt Wilstein: This new religion reveres Kanye West as Yeezus, “a divine being who has been sent by God to usher in a New Age of humanity,” according to the religion’s official website. In an … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Pop Culture, Roundup
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Book Review: Christ in Celtic Christianity, by Michael W. Herren and Shirley Ann Brown
Celtic has become a buzzword in today’s age, evoking romantic notions of a peaceful, inclusive, nature-loving Christianity practiced in the British Isles of the Early Middle Ages. Classicist Michael W. Herren and medieval art historian Shirley Ann Brown, however, do not … Continue reading
Get dusty!
An ancient Jewish blessing supposedly goes, “May you be covered in the dust of your rabbi.” The idea is that a rabbi’s disciples—those who took on his yoke, his set of interpretations of scripture—were to follow so closely behind him … Continue reading
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