The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis hosted Professor Anthony Petro (Boston University) for the final lecture in the "Reverent Irreverence: Parody, Religion, and Contemporary Politics" series on April 16, 2024.
In the modern culture wars, conservatives often attack feminist and queer art as sacrilegious or obscene. But why does so much religious iconography animate this creative work? And how? This talk looks at the religious and political possibilities of camp as a style of engagement, focusing on the work of artists Ray Navarro and Judy Chicago. It asks: how do the aesthetics of camp challenge dominant ways that we think about religion and religious attachments?
