Art and the Power to Save: William Ricketts and Mary Packer Harris in the Atomic Age
When churches protested the testing of atomic weapons, the rhetoric of power reigned. William Ricketts and Mary Packer Harris responded with religiously-informed artworks that protested humanity’s violence and subverted conventional representations of divine power. Harris, a Quaker, saw Christ cruci...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2022
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-58 |
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Ricketts, William 1898-1993
/ Harris, Mary Packer 1891-1978
/ Australia
/ Christian art
/ Protest
/ Atomic weapon test
/ Environmental protection
/ Savior
/ Power
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements CE Christian art KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBS Australia; Oceania NBK Soteriology NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
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nuclear testing
B First Nations B Protest B religious art B Environmental degradation |
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