There is no question that retailing God is becoming big business…But what is the thoughtful, spiritual creative to make of it? Does the T-shirting of faith trivialize God? Do the “bobble-head Jesus figures,” diminish the divine or accentuate God’s humanness in Jesus? Is making money off of retailing God an abomination like moneychangers in the Temple or a wonderful way to blend faith and making a living? Does a high-end, artful fashion statement represent a more appropriate direction for integrating faith and fashion? In this episode of The Kindlings Muse we explore the high and low art of the “Retailing of God” enterprise. We start with a special feature from our own Bill Hogg, “Mr. Hogg goes shopping,” followed by our guests: Shawn McNally from Vox Sacra, internationally awarded stylist Annie Willhoite from the Bocz salon and David Wahl from novelty retailer Archie McPhee. (TKM Segment 3 of 3)
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I showed the Vox Sacra site to several female high school students that I work with and they were fascinated and expressed a sense of relief at this new option.
Do you think the general population now learns about Jesus mostly thorugh cartoons (like South park) videos, images and toys rather than through the Bible? If so, do we have a responsibility as Christians to teach through these mediums? Can we promote God/Jesus through these mediums or are we simply announcing that we are Christians?
Are we so far under water that we no longer know what fresh clean air is like?
Is this a question of good or bad art? By that I mean art that truly reflects who we are. No one would say Andy Warhol did bad art and yet the cheesy Jesus T-shirt is moving in that direction. It seems that a truly artful Warhol-esque shirt is no more or less fashion forward than a Vox Sacra shirt?