Faith, Hope And Change
I thought the McCain photo illustrating yesterday's NYT piece on the evangelical vote was quite perfect. What is wonderful is how the photo is completely dominated by a statue of St. David, a fairly minor saint actually, while McCain is pushed off to the side like the Christian conservative...
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Your Turn: Laying It Down For Christ, New Heroes
With the Pope doing the rounds, the NYT has a piece this AM about a new Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York recruiting effort encouraging men to join the priesthood. This image comes from a slideshow featuring six posters for the campaign.
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Pew Trust
it is interesting how Obama could be crucified for his relationship with his pastor while an incurious media simply takes a pass on the spiritual vulnerabilities of Clinton and McCain.
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Your Turn: Hallowed Be Thy Name
What's your take on Huck's campaign practice, applying his John Hancock to the good book?
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Adoration Of The Primary
Somebody in the Huckabee camp knows how to frame an evocative (religious) photograph.
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Your Turn: Girls Will Be Girls
Nothing against oil and camels, but this Anita Kunz New Yorker cover seems to have a bit more bite than the last one we pulled apart.
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A Moral Majority R.I.P.
Any idea why this pic was prominent in the newswire after the father of the father of the moral majority departed mortal earth?
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Showing Another Side
Of course interpretations are simply that, but I'm thinking the TIME cover might have actually telegraphed Ratzinger's turnabout, in which he has reversed (or, simply stuffed) his attitude and performed a complete 180º regarding Turkey's bid to join the E.U.
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Buddy Jesus
Just like the long running SNL News gag announcing that Franco, the former dictator, was "still dead," I imagine a modern equivalent tracking the moribund condition of irony. In a humorless reality where Popes hurl daggers and cultures do battle over cartoons, news comes that a sophomoric Hollywood creation, designed...
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Gaming Sunday
A cultural topic that has been getting increased attention lately is the encroachment of Christian fundamentalism into professional sports. Recent stories have appeared, for example, in Salon, the NYT, Mother Jones and even The Washington Times. Although primarily a minor league phenomenon to date, the movement is hitting the...
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Your Turn: Bush Gothic
If you've written to me in the past week and a half and you haven't heard back, I ask your indulgence. I was in D.C. Monday through Wednesday doing some recon at the Politics Online conference, and I now find myself turning and heading back to New York for...
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One Holy Mess
The BAG meets The Onion? No, this is legit. Two days after crediting God with instructing him to support an Iraq invasion, this image of Tony Blair turned up on the newswires. (If you missed the "God is my strategist" story, SFGate has a good summary.) (By the way, note...
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More Sacrilege: Black Madonna
A Polish pop-culture magazine Machina has added to the recent spate of images that have caused consternation and angry reactions by putting on its cover the following image: To understand the image it is necessary to get some background. The face of the woman in the picture is known around...
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And Who Saves The Missionaries?
The long lead article in this weekend's NYT Mag (The Call - link) follows one family, The Maples, who have been living in Northern Kenya working as missionaries. Jackie Nickerson's cover photo, of Rick Maples with a member of the Samburu tribe, is simply stunning. Aside from the moral...
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Sister Laura
When somewhere in the world there is a girl at risk, where would we be without soldiers of the Lord? Maybe it's the stereotype that this continent is populated mostly by the simple or backward. Maybe it's the notion that, in the face of great need, all help is altruistic. ...
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Alito Watch: Consecrating the Room
Patrick Mahoney, left, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, both anti-abortion activists in Washington, kneel in prayer as they perform a consecration ceremony by anointing the doors to the hearing room in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, in Washington. The hearing room...
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Playing the Cathedral
In the first flood of photos documenting the effects of Hurricane Katrina, I hadn’t noticed how many struck a religious theme. Looking more closely, however, there were any number of floating icons, windswept priests, home made signs appealing for mercy, and churches with roofs blown off and spires folded...
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