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Cerulean Sanctum » Busting Myths About Christianity: Assessing Myths 9-10 — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:14:47 +0000

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By: Dan Edelen

Dan Edelen — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:08:56 +0000

Alicia,

The Serrano work has been interpreted so many ways by Christians, both pro and con, that in some ways it’s lost all meaning. While I can understand the pro comment (that it represent the humiliation of God being incarnate in flesh, coming down into our gutter-world), I’m also not so naive as to think that much of that work is anything more than a stunt. And as a stunt, it can’t hold any interpretation outside the shock value. And in that case, one can’t argue the incarnational pro argument anymore. It can’t hold a deeper meaning.

Prescott doesn’t do much for me. Knippers, I’ve encountered before. He owes a debt to Goya, as I see much of that artist in Knippers’s work. I also like the fact that Knippers is not afraid to take risks that would not endear him to the Christian community, especially his fully nude renderings of Christ during His trial and crucifixion.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:48:10 +0000

my husband sent me a link to this page, knowing that I would be interested in the post about Christian kitsch (I’m going to have to pick up that book you mentioned!)
Christian kitsch is a topic that I’ve studied on my own for some time…perhaps I should work up a post about it sometime. I find the Christians’ obsession with kitsch (unknowingly) to be almost blasphemous sometimes. Christians everywhere released cries of outrage when Serrano showcased a photograph of a crucifix submerged in what is assumed to be urine. “What a blasphemy!” However his whole point was to show how trite the image of Jesus had become and how society at large was not giving the image of God the respect it deserves…
okay, end rant…sorry.

for some contemporary Christian artists, you might check out Edward Knippers or Theodore Prescott.

By: Dan Edelen

Dan Edelen — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:50:18 +0000

Francisco,

Oh, I’ll end with a bang…

Do you have some myths brought forth by society-at-large about Christianity in the United States? Your observations as a non-native would be greatly appreciated!