Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s Exquisite and bold

Exquisite and bold

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Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s Exquisite and boldThis enthralling group portrait brings to life a moment when popular culture became the site of religious strife strife that set the stage for some of the most salient political and cultural clashes of our day. Circa 1980, tradition and authority are in the ascendant, both in Catholicism (via Pope John Paul II) and in American civic life (through the Moral Majority and the so called televangelists). But the public is deeply divided on issues of body