(Some) Religionists Finally Figure Out Thomas Kinkade’s “Bad Theology” (“As Well As Bad Art”)
“Squishy songs that turn Jesus into your boyfriend are not good art. Christian romance novels are not good art. Naked little chubby angels in Christian bookstores are not good art.”
— John Stonestreet, Chuck Colson Center (!)
The answer to the question below: Yes.
Secular critics have long detested Kinkade’s art, in part because of his great popularity among heartland evangelicals who were eager to claim the University of California, Berkeley-trained painter as one of their own. Now, three months after his death at age 54 — while struggling with alcoholism, bankruptcy and a shattered marriage — some religious writers are focusing on what they see as another troubling question.The bottom line: Was Kinkade selling bad theology as well as bad art? …
More (including Simcha Fisher’s gut-busting summary of Kinkade’s “Candlelight Cottage,” featuring “several cordless Klieg lights, possibly a partial eclipse and that most cheerful of pastoral daydreams: a robust house fire”):
“Theologians question religious value of Kinkade’s art,” Terry Mattingly, Abilene Reporter-News, July 13, 2012
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