...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...
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What’s more? or, An answer to the question “Is this all there is?”
by Mark Cauchi...void. This object—the world—is thus created out of the nothingness that it itself contains. As thereby generative, Kapoor names this ovular object a mother. Commenting on his related piece, Madonna...
The Catholic heresy, again
by Robert Orsi...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
...Vincent 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...
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
by Nathan Schneider...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
by Laura Duane...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
by Bryan S. Turner...religious beliefs and practices without any noticeable regard for coherence. It is also a new experimental context in which the iconic can also be the iconoclastic, as represented in Madonna’s...
Pussy Riot’s punk prayer
by Colin Jager...(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
by Nathan Schneider...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...