{"id":560,"date":"2007-09-03T14:22:03","date_gmt":"2007-09-03T18:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/560"},"modified":"2007-09-03T14:25:04","modified_gmt":"2007-09-03T18:25:04","slug":"paglia-on-religion-and-the-arts-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/560","title":{"rendered":"Paglia on Religion and the Arts in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/arion\/\">Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics<\/a><\/i>  is a favorite journal that, when I have opportunity, savor more than just read. It fills the lacuna of my formal cultural education. <\/p>\n<p>The on-line version of <i>Arion<\/i> journal for Spring\/Summer 2007 has an article by Camille Paglia, whom I always enjoy reading. While I do not always agree with her opinions, she is always thoughtful and intelligent, and rises above the din of contemporary critics and commentators. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/arion.jpg' alt='arion.jpg' \/><\/p>\n<p>Paglia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s article, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/arion\/Paglia.htm\">Religion and the Arts in America<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d contains the astounding statement: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I would argue that the route to a renaissance of the American fine arts lies through religion.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s quite a contrasting statement to Hitchens&#8217;, and others&#8217;, current statements to the effect that everything about religion is &#8216;bad&#8217;. The article is well worth reading, and if you&#8217;re not familiar with the <i>Arion<\/i> journal, it&#8217;s well worth getting to know.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/galindobanner3.jpg' alt='galindobanner3.jpg' \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics is a favorite journal that, when I have opportunity, savor more than just read. It fills the lacuna of my formal cultural education. The on-line version of Arion journal for Spring\/Summer 2007 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/560\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,13,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","category-philosophy","category-world-view"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}