{"product_id":"book-oca7","title":"The Last Supper","description":"Circa 1980, tradition and authority are in the ascendant, both in Catholicism and in American civic life. But the public is deeply divided on issues of body and soul, devotion and desire. Enter the figures Paul Elie calls \"cryptoreligious\"—Leonard Cohen writing \"Hallelujah\" on his knees in a Times Square hotel room; Andy Warhol adapting Leonardo's \u003ci\u003eThe Last Supper\u003c\/i\u003e in response to the AIDS pandemic; Prince making the cross and altar into \"signs o' the times.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Elie's acclaimed first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Life You Save May Be Your Own\u003c\/i\u003e, Catholic writers ventured out into the wilds of postwar America; in this book, creative figures who were raised religious go to the margins of conventional belief, calling forth controversy. Episodes such as the boycott sparked by Madonna's \"Like a Prayer\" video and the tearing-up of Andres Serrano's \u003ci\u003ePiss Christ\u003c\/i\u003e in Congress are early skirmishes in the culture wars—but here the creators (not the politicians) are the protagonists, and the work they make speaks to conflicts that remain unsettled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Supper\u003c\/i\u003e explores the bold and unexpected forms an encounter with belief can take. It traces the beginnings of our postsecular age, in which religion is at once surging and in decline. Through a propulsive narrative, it reveals the cryptoreligious imagination as complex, credible, daring, and vividly recognizable.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50024853471536,"sku":"BDoca7","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50024853569840,"sku":"ZEoca7","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":50024853766448,"sku":"ZMoca7","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/oca7-cover.jpg?v=1763057977","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-oca7","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}