It's a quarterly journal that has, as one commentator once put it, added to "the stock of available reality."
And it's been widely honored for high production values and intelligent spiritual probing in an increasingly strident world.
Image, a Journal of the Arts and Religion, headquartered since 2000 on the campus of Seattle Pacific University, will conduct a national conference exploring the relationship between storytelling and religious faith this week, beginning Thursday, Nov. 6. The four-day conference, titled "A Narratable World: Theology and Story," will close Sunday, Nov. 9.
Participants include poet and critic Dana Gioia, author of "Can Poetry Matter?" Gioia is chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. Also attending will be nationally renowned theologian Stanley Hauerwas, memoirist Leslie Leyland Fields, poet Luci Shaw, literary critic Roger Lundin and others.
"A Narratable World" will include a concert featuring the St. James Cathedral Soloists, an ecumenical worship service incorporating music, art and storytelling, and an array of panels with more than 50 scholars presenting papers on a wide range of topics, including "Narrative as Revelation," "Yes in the Darkness: Fiction and Trauma," "Loss and Redemption in Visual Art, Music and Film" and "Apocalypse and Utopia."
Image is dedicated to publishing art and literature that grapple with religious faith. The magazine features full-color art as well as fiction, poetry, essays, interviews and reviews.
Author Barry Lopez called Image "one of the brightest spots in the land," while Bill Moyers has referred to it as "compelling." Publisher and editor Gregory Wolfe, along with his wife and executive editor Suzanne Wolfe, are Queen Anne residents.
Conference fees are $110 or $50 for students. A meal plan, which covers Friday and Saturday lunches and a Saturday dinner, is $50 extra. Individual session rates are available by contacting Image.
For schedule information or registration, visit www.imagejournal.org or call 281-2988.
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