Is there still any value in a humanities major? Purdue’s Case Tompkins makes his case.
From the summer 2018 issue of The Cultivating Project, Brian Brown’s piece on the role of art and artists in spiritual formation.
Explaining the Anselm Society’s interest in forming artists. (In Cultivating Oaks Press)
Come enjoy evenings of art, of music, and of poetry, concerts by The Arcadian Wild and Matthew Clark, and our annual artists’ retreat.
In this World Cup special, Mere Orthodoxy's Jake Meador explains U.S. soccer culture's many lessons for artists.
To open the conference, Anselm Society director Brian Brown hosted a conversation with scholar Anthony Esolen and Anglican bishop Martyn Minns.
The Anselm Society is pleased to make available the audio from every lecture and panel from the conference.
The Church needs songs and genres that can build up who we are individually and communally and prepare us to be the people of God in a difficult world.
The most beloved fictional places are never seen for long before being overshadowed by fire and death from which they must be saved. But these days we need more than glimpses of the good life in our stories.
How far is too far? Is there room in a Christian creative’s journey for delving into the deep?
Madeline L'Engle wrote a classic fantasy and a theologically rich masterpiece in A Wrinkle in Time. What is that theology and how does imagination help us enter into it?
In a world of haste and homesickness, we’re all longing for Rivendell: a place of love and belonging, healing and beauty.
The road back to experiencing sacred words of strength and beauty lies in our recovery and full appreciation of the Bible’s literary works.
Explore the themes of Sehnsucht and Joy, and consider how our own art may emerge from deep-seated homesickness to light the way to our true country.
Explore what it means to cultivate in context of a whole life, what a rule of life is, how it works, and how to create one for yourself.
Sacraments and sacramental living were a daily reality for most people in the past, but often not so much for 21st century North Americans.
The Scriptures are a collection of diverse literary creations, telling a story, and inviting us into a live drama.
All great works of art are at heart monster stories, whether the monsters are dragons, step-mothers, social injustices, or even the self.
Beauty, and the people who make it, got functionally kicked out of most churches a long time ago. But how do we add them back in?
Biblical worship can expand our imagination, employ our creativity and lead to transformed lives.