The Stations of the Cross

Welcome to Stations-14...

Stations-14 is an adaptation of the traditional Catholic meditational more familiarly known as the Stations of the Cross or the Via Cruces. Through this online rendition I intend, as artist and theologian, to investigate the Christian belief that Jesus was not only fully [G]od but also fully human. It is my feeling that this human aspect of the Jesus figure is often less than fully acknowledged or apprehended in popular Christian discourse.

Christian Biblical theology aligns the prophetic texts of Isaiah with the person of Jesus as being "...a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering..." To more fully consider the humanity of Jesus, then, requires that I also reconsider the nature and significance of suffering not only in the death but also the life of Jesus. An incarnational theology demands that I see the suffering found in the human condition and that of the life of Jesus as analogous. Thinking in this way moves me to look beyond the Christian preoccupation with the forensic and mystical nature of salvation and expand my view of salvation as becoming an active and risky proposition that inherently takes on a social dimension and demands a renewed awareness of the ministry of Jesus as centered upon social activism. (more...)

Detail of "Crucifix" by Cimabue, ca1968-71

For more information regarding the premise of this project and about the artist, please visit the "About Stations-14" page.

Recent Activity:

June 10, 2006:
- New page added: Art and Theology in Dialogue
- Includes reflections on Karl Rahner, Mark Rothko, Tadao Ando

June 9, 2006:
- Update: Submitted for Approval, Fuller Theological Seminary

June 6. 2006:
- Some reported typos have been fixed.
- The About Station-10 page has been fixed (wrong content from a c/p)

June 5, 2006:
- Station-06: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus added...

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