Olympic officials claim a controversial scene was a nod to Dionysus, despite outcry from Christians that it mocked the Last ...

Christians were outraged over the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony. They believe the French were mocking their beliefs.

The Chosen has been remarkably popular, and in the last few years gained mainstream notice from news outlets and critics. It’s all because the show’s creator, Dallas Jenkins, hit upon a ...

Book Review The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s By Paul Elie Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 496 pages, $33 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a ...

THE LAST SUPPER: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s | By Paul Elie | Farrar, Straus & Giroux | 496 pp. | $33 Alexandra Jacobs is a Times book critic and occasional features writer.

In “The Last Supper,” Paul Elie explores how controversies over artists like Sinéad O’Connor and Keith Haring paved the way for today’s political and cultural rifts.