Exploited Art: Propaganda, Pornography, Pomp, and Product

Michael goes solo to talk about exploited art in its four forms: propaganda, pornography, pomp, and product. He discusses why subjecting art to an agenda undermines the powerful purpose of art, and why the church should be the place artists feel most free and empowered to pursue their callings with integrity. LINKS Why Are So Many Christian Artists at Odds with the Church? (article (https://renewthearts.org/why-are-so-many-christian-artists-at-odds-with-the-church/) and podcast (https://renewthearts.org/podcast/008-why-so-many-christian-artists-are-at-odds-with-the-church/)) 12 Years a Slave: History vs. Hollywood (https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/12-years-a-slave.php) Art and the Evangelical Imagination (with Karen Swallow Prior) (https://renewthearts.org/podcast/art-and-the-evangelical-imagination-with-karen-swallow-prior/) “The Sentimentality Trap (https://firstthings.com/the-sentimentality-trap/),” by Benjamin Myers Young People are Having Less Casual Sex … (https://www.businessinsider.com/teens-less-casual-sex-generation-parents-did-2021-3#:~:text=Data%20from%20the%202019%20General,sex%20is%20going%20to%20happen.%22) Frank Zappa Interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZazEM8cgt0) The Artist and the Problem of Fame (Part 1) (https://renewthearts.org/podcast/the-artist-and-the-problem-of-fame/) Patrons and the Problem of Fame (Part 2) (https://renewthearts.org/podcast/patrons-and-the-problem-of-fame/) Why Art, Like the Gospel, is not a Commodity (https://renewthearts.org/why-art-like-the-gospel-is-not-a-commodity/) On Aquinas and the Four Idols (https://www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/the-four-idols-money-power-pleasure-fame)