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Andy Warhol as a gay artist in conflict with his Catholic faith

By Jillian Cheney — November 19, 2021
(RNS) — A new show at the Brooklyn Museum presents the pop-art master as a man caught between his Catholic faith and his queer identity. 

Chicago History Museum shares stories of ‘American Medina’ in new exhibit

By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 21, 2019
CHICAGO (RNS) — The Windy City has also earned the nickname 'American Medina' as a leading area for Muslim communities in the United States, according to a new Chicago History Museum exhibition.

Exhibition in Jerusalem challenges perceptions of modestly dressed women

By Michele Chabin — September 6, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Featuring women from different cultures, the multimedia investigation of modest dress shows that the common denominator is a thirst for spiritual meaning.

Israeli Christians protest artwork depicting Ronald McDonald as ‘McJesus’

By Michele Chabin — January 14, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The controversy has raised questions about the limits of artistic freedom in Israel, which prides itself on being both a progressive country and the home to holy sites of three world religions.

Museum highlights ‘Slave Bible’ that focuses on servitude, leaves out freedom

By Adelle M. Banks — November 27, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The so-called Slave Bible, on loan from Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., excludes 90 percent of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, and 50 percent of the New.

Three things we can learn from contemporary Muslim women’s fashion

By Liz Bucar — November 26, 2018
(The Conversation) — The recent interest in Muslim women’s style is challenging popular stereotypes about Islam.
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