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Suffering Transfigured: The Welsh Window at 16th Street Baptist, Birmingham

After the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL, killing four girls, the people of Wales crafted and sent a window.

The Last Word—Tapestries of the Apocalypse

Fourteenth-century tapestries, abandoned but rediscovered centuries later, tell the story of John’s Revelation.

Celebrating Kitsch—God’s Embrace of Our Life & Death

Christ emptied himself, becoming one of us in all our ragged fleshiness. In his cruciform embrace of our ordinary death is our salvation.

Only Stickers?

Art raises questions. The church offers Gospel answers. The art installation at Canterbury may be more than merely stickers.

Diocese of Wisconsin Reveals New Heraldry

The Rev. Guy Selvester, a Roman Catholic priest in South Amboy, New Jersey, consulted with the diocese on the heraldry.

Walking the Stony Path with Christ

Good artists often have a way of reimagining reality for us. Great artists, especially those who work with religious subjects, not only have a...

Fire Guts Art-Rich Toronto Anglican Church

A four-alarm blaze early on June 9 tore through St. Anne’s Anglican Church.

‘Visio Divina’ and the Art of the Nativity

I recently reviewed a beautiful book, Divine Love: Art of the Nativity by Sarah Drummond, which occupies a place at the intersection of art history...

Lisboa: A Figural Reading for a Crippled Church

Slaves were brought from Africa to work in mines soon after gold was discovered in the backlands of Brazil. The discovery of gold made...

A Northern Nativity

By Cole Hartin William Kurelek (1927-77) was a Canadian artist and author who spent much of the second half of his anguished life grappling with...

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