Radix Now Has Fiction!

We have some exciting news: Radix is introducing a fiction section. Those of our readers who go way back (like, to the 70s) will know that this is an area that Radix hasn’t previously touched. But we are now – and we are stoked. Jessica Walters, the fiction editor, provides the following introductory thought on the importance of fiction: As children we learn from well-meaning adults that nonfiction is true and fiction is fake. While the mnemonic device (f for fiction, f for fake) works neatly, any reader of fiction soon discovers that the line between true and fakeis far from neat. Fiction isn’t true in the literal sense, but

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John Franklin’s Book Suggestions

A Sampling Bibliography on the Arts     Anderson, Cameron, J., The Faithful Artist: A Vision for Evangelicalism and the Arts, Inter Varsity Press, 2016 Cameron is a former InterVarsity national leader and also a painter.  This book is an informative and thoughtful account of how art and faith have, at times, been in tension and how they have at other times found full cooperation.  Anderson is not only well-versed in the visual arts, he is insightful in his accounts.  Anderson, Jonathan A. and William Dyrness, Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism, Inter

John Franklin: Faithfully Embracing the Artistic Imagination

John Franklin is the executive director of Imago, a national initiative in support of Christians in the arts in Canada. His special interest is in theology and the arts. John has taught philosophy at Tyndale College and theology at Tyndale Seminary and Trinity College at the Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto. He serves as chair of Lausanne Movement Canada, and is coordinator of the World Evangelical Alliance—Mission Commission’s Task Force on Art in Mission. John is also a writer, and contributes papers to conversations that make space for the arts and spirituality.

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[Transcript] Arthur Aghajanian: Being in Contemplative Art

Radix: Well, Arthur, first of all, thank you so much for your willingness to do this. I really appreciate being able to talk to you because of your background with contemplative issues, with your interest in various aspects of religion, and also your teaching. I would dare say that you deal with things in a complex way, but it’s not unapproachable. I’m really grateful to be able to pick your brain and to share this with the Radix audience. So thank you very much for being willing to do this. AA: Well, thanks for the invitation. I think it’s going

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[Transcript] Janet Lermitte on Dorothy Sayers: Connecting Past and Present

Radix: Well, I really appreciate your willingness to share some of your time and your experience, and possibly some stories about Dorothy Sayers. This particular Radix theme is more on artists, but I found it interesting just getting to know Dorothy Sayers a little bit, and the sad fact is that she’s not known as much as she should be. And that’s going to be a question hopefully you can talk about later on, but maybe just to start out with a little bit, could you tell us why Dorothy Sayers is important, and a little bit about her life?

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