Church Times - Art review: Feminine Power: The Divine to the Demonic at the British Museum

My latest exhibition review for Church Times is of Feminine Power: The Divine to the Demonic at the British Museum:

'RESEARCH has demonstrated associations between religious beliefs and patriarchal attitudes. Higher religiosity is seemingly associated with stronger patriarchal beliefs. While no religion sanctions violence towards women, religions have been and are one potent source of patriarchal orientations.

If this is true, the British Museum’s exhibition “Feminine Power: The Divine to the Demonic” has a job to do in demonstrating the extent to which religions engage with feminine power — in doing so, spanning magic, mercy, wisdom, fury, and passion — and still shape how we perceive femininity and gender identity today.'

Other of my pieces for Church Times can be found here. My writing for ArtWay can be found here. My pieces for Artlyst are here and those for Art+Christianity are here. See also Modern religious art: airbrushed from art history?

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