RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS NEWS
By TAHLIB

Creating an America where religious diversity thrives is an enormous task, and the Arts play a central role in making that happen. The Arts help communities engage new ideas, and teach us how not to fear the unexpected. What day is better to acknowledge the controversial spreading of new ideas than today: Palm Sunday? But what can I do? I can collect works by a few artists, and then share their explorations. In fact, that's what I admire about historian Karen King who found an ancient papyrus and ignited this week's religious debate. While it's not contemporary art, she found a creative device that challenges Christian assumptions about the celibacy of Jesus. Religious diversity grows when we share new ideas, and that's why "Gospel of Jesus Wife" (above) is my NEWS OF WEEK.

In other religious art news from across the USA, and around the world:

• Buddhist Art of Week: Lunch @Met Cafeteria and Tour on April 26 [More News]
• Christian Art of Week: Andrew Esiebo’s Gay African Christians in Senegal [More News]
• Hindu Art of Week: Metropolitan Hosts Display of Early Hindu Works [More News]
• Islamic Art of Week: Beauty of Islamic Art on View at Dallas Museum of Art [More News]
• Judaic Art of Week: Golf Ball Omer Art From the Studio Gruss in New York [More News]

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