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Pamela Lewis

Pamela A. Lewis is a member of Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, in New York City. She writes on topics of faith.

A Magnate’s Magnificent Collection

J.P. Morgan’s appreciation of history and of artistic brilliance in all its forms inspired his collecting some of the world’s masterpieces.

Life After Life

Though death is a universal experience, it is the one we know least about.

The Artist Who Restored What Slavery Had Taken Away

When the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased Diego Velázquez’s Portrait of Juan de Pareja in May 1971, words of praise rained down like confetti.

Posing the Eternal Questions

Glencairn, while renovating its National Historic Landmark building, has allowed the Philadelphia Museum of Art to display 17 of its most important works

Shrouded in Mystery

Mystery and Faith: The Shroud of Turin The Museum of the Bible 400 4th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. Through July 31 In 1998, Pope John Paul II greeted fellow pilgrims...

Portrait of the Artist as a Catholic Man

Warhol’s personal religious fervency is still a subject of debate, considering his more familiar sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll image.

Spain, 1000-1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith

Crossing Lines Spain, 1000-1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith The Met Cloisters, Fuentidueña Chapel Gallery, Gallery 2 Through January 30, 2022 Reviewed by Pamela A. Lewis Frontier usually...

What’s Lust Got To Do With It?: When “Sex Fixation” and Racial Bias Meet

Let China sleep, for when she awakens the world will tremble. Although there has been disagreement as to whether Napoleon Bonaparte made this statement, it...

 I Am a Child: Why Adultification Bias Contradicts the Christian View of Children

Like so many recent samples of footage showing police officers interacting with community residents, this was one that could not be un-seen: the mother...

In the Beginning Was the Word: A Reflection in Two Images

Two days before the shattering events of January 6 in Washington, D.C., I became aware of a painting called In the Beginning Was the...