Despite our faith’s rich artistic history, we wrongly trash-talk Christian works. For most people, Christianity and art no longer resonate as a glorious pairing. It's a sad and sorry truth that even ...
When the Ojibwe minister Kahkewaquonaby, aka Peter Jones (1802–1856), converted to Christianity, he aligned himself with the Thunderbird, seen on the bag he is holding in the oldest surviving ...
In a significant departure, Sawai Chinnawong grounds his artistry in his own culture. When Sawai Chinnawong, 63, first committed his life to Christ in college in 1983, the artist tried painting Bible ...
Early on the morning of Saturday 14 April, shortly after the call to prayer, residents of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum heard mortar and artillery fire as intense fighting broke out between the ...
The story of Indian Christian art is often treated as a blank slate before the colonial era. The murals of Cheppad are the powerful, vivid rebuttal to that silence. The Wire is now on WhatsApp. Follow ...
Even if you aren’t feeling particularly spiritual, the Convent of Santa Monica and Chapel of the Weeping Cross in Old Goa is a good place for contemplation. On overcast afternoons, its white-walled ...
An upside-down apostle, a puff-cheeked baby Jesus, a sub-Santa God … our writer revels in Wonder Beyond Belief, a new book celebrating the glorious weirdness of revered Christian art There is a ...