The Scholar & Feminist Online, an e-journal published by the Barnard Center for Research on Women, recently launched a special…
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Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings: closing ceremony and panel discussion
On November 5, 2011, there will be a closing ceremony for the Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings exhibition curated by…
Atheism and religious art
The Guardian has been hosting a series of posts on the question of whether faith is necessary in order to…
Sacred spaces in profane buildings
Opening on September 13th, Storefront for Art and Architecture will present "Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings: a New York Archive," a project…
Religiosity, censorship, and art
Catholic Culture reports that Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales of Manila has "called for prayers of reparation for a blasphemous art exhibit."…
A whole earth
Brook Wilensky-Lanford shares her thoughts on the closing MoMa exhibit "Access to Tools: Publications from the Whole Earth Catalog, 1968-1974."
Figuring American Spirituality
After attending a February 10th discussion with multimedia artist Laurie Anderson at Columbia University, Columbia Religion Professor Courtney Bender wrote…
Tune in to Frequencies
The Immanent Frame, in cooperation with the award-winning religion magazine Killing the Buddha, is launching Frequencies, a project curated by Kathryn…
An alternate reading of David Wojnarowicz’s ant-covered Christ
David Wojnarowicz's "Fire in My Belly" is an expression not of hostility to the Christian faith but of a deep,…
Video removed from the National Portrait Gallery
Yesterday morning saw the removal of David Wojnarowicz's 1987 video A Fire in My Belly from the National Portrait Gallery's…