About this blog

I've decided to create this blog as a project space for a course I'm currently taking: Christianity: The Liturgical Year, with Matthew Myer Boulton. The requirements for our final project are as follows (in his words):

(1) a focus on one element or cluster of elements in the Christian year;
(2) a fieldwork component, in which observation, interview, or like methods are employed;
(3) an historical component, placing the case in the context of the Christian year generally and the relevant tradition in particular; and
(4) a theological argument, drawing on resources examined in the course.

The professor is encouraging special attention to 'the arts' and is allowing for an alternative to the standard academic paper. I haven't yet decided on the format for my final project though I am leaning toward a photo essay (I've never done one and will have to research what exactly the phrase "photo essay" encompasses before deciding). In the meantime, I plan to use this space for my thoughts and reflections and hopefully some conversation and sharing of ideas...
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2 comments:

Dianna Woolley said...

Somewhat serendipitous that you should comment on my blog today (re Interview MEME) and that I should come here to your liturgical site. I say that because even as we are in Maui for a wonderful time of fun and leisure, I have a writing/art project myself in mind for the season of Lent. I look forward to the offerings you have here on your site and although I'm not "taking a course or getting a grade" I think your journey will be an interesting and inspirational one for me.

2/20/2009
e.o.w. said...

Thank you! I'm looking forward to it, especially because I've tended to shy away from it as a religion, thinking about Christianity in abstract terms instead of trusting it as a practice, the liturgy extending us open rather than binding/dividing/judging...

2/21/2009

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