Unlike the appropriative methods of Picasso, José Bedia's primalist process involves direct sacrifice, a giving back, and the nurturing of trust and friendship with native artists and philosophers.

Serrano's "Piss Christ" caused a scandal in 1989 when it was attacked by U.S. congressmen and religious leaders. The criticism missed the work's spiritual ambivalence.

How the LDS Church is updating their retro-futurist temples in response to a changing culture.

It is no coincidence, the author asserts, that the majority of artists targeted in recent years by the religious right share a Catholic background.