...are saying? Will you ever be the same? Chorus; woman dances in freedom; Madonna dances with male dancers Madonna’s interpretation thus interweaves the themes of liberation and of life as...
Madonna
What’s more? or, An answer to the question “Is this all there is?”
...Madonna (1989–90), which he says alludes to the Madonna of Torcello, who is a “cosmic mother, some originator,” Kapoor explains that he analogously uses the “void as a potential space...
The Catholic heresy, again
...their families and friends. The Madonna is thought by her faithful to be present to them there in East Harlem; the church and the streets are important to them because...
The American romance of the not-so-little black dress
...De Paul (the order was founded in 1633), lend themselves to the extravagance of haute couture. Featured in Heavenly Bodies, Philip Treacy’s “Madonna Rides Again” hat (2001) is a sublime...
Refashioning gender and modern visual theology
...resemble clerical or sacred clothing in their form or material, but the highly modern styles are embellished with clear and literal religious images and symbols. When performers such as Madonna...
Billy Corgan’s new job—a blog
...have done the same such as Madonna, Tom Cruise, or Mel Gibson. Some might contend that it is in the water out there in Hollywood. You make enough money and...
Christ and the Terminator
...surrounded by religious imagery. His father is a mysterious figure who, overcoming time, travels from the future to impregnate Sarah. Sarah herself is a militant Madonna convinced that her son...
Religion and modern communication
...Madonna’s experimentation with both Catholic and Hasidic personae. These phenomena have been regarded as aspects of “new religious movements” that are, as we have seen, manifestations of the new spiritual...
Pussy Riot’s punk prayer
...(found here and here), Pussy Riot’s plight became something of an international media sensation. Amnesty International and Madonna took up the cause, and British Prime Minister David Cameron questioned Putin...
Religion for radicals: An interview with Terry Eagleton
...actually, he’s a pre-Christian atheist, because he never understood what Christianity is about in the first place! That would be rather like Madonna calling herself post-Marxist. You’d have to read...