Looking forward to Saturday's Writing on the Wall day at St Margaret's Barking which I'm introducing and where Maggi Dawn will show how art, music, poetry, sculpture and film have been influenced by the Bible far more than we usually realise and how the arts do more than merely illustrate bible stories and characters: they also open up possibilities for interpretation.
The day will open up some of the theological and devotional adventures that become possible when the riches of the Bible are recognized within the world of the arts, and offer all kinds of inspiration, for teaching, preaching and personal spiritual growth.
Maggi Dawn is an author and theologian. She began her professional life as a singer-songwriter, but later after reading for a degree and a PhD in theology turned her creative talents to writing books. Maggi is currently based at the University of Cambridge where she is Chaplain and Fellow in Theology at Robinson College.
Her current publication, The Writing on the Wall (Hodder and Stoughton, June 2010), explores the way in which the Bible has become one of the building blocks of Western culture. If you love art, music and literature, and want to understand the hidden layers of meaning that derive from the Bible, this book is essential reading.
Maggi ran a similar day at the Cathedral Chapter House in Chelmsford in March, also as part of the Diocese's Lent & Eastertide programme - see here and here for feedback.
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Maggi Dawn - I Will Wait.
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