It's Sunday So I'm-A-Preachin

Constitutional DoubleCross © Emily Duffy 2006
Photo by Sibila Savage

This piece is made from shredded replicas of the US Constitution which were woven into a Christian cross. A shadow layer is woven from shredded newsclippings about the 2000 Presidential election, and the build-up, and execution, of the Iraq war in 2003/present. The sides of the frame are collaged with more newsclippings. The DoubleCross floats on a blood-red velvet background (which mostly shows up as black in these jpegs). Dimensions: 58.75" x 41.25" x 8".






















Detail: Constitutional DoubleCross © Emily Duffy 2006
Photo by Sibila Savage






















Detail: Constitutional DoubleCross © Emily Duffy 2006
Photo by Sibila Savage















Detail: Constitutional DoubleCross © Emily Duffy 2006
Photo by Sibila Savage

Here are some wise words but you'll never guess the source of them,

America wasn’t founded as a theocracy,... America was founded by people trying to escape theocracies. Never in history have we had a Christian theocracy where it wasn’t bloody and barbaric. That’s why our Constitution wisely put in a separation of church and state.

Reverand Gregory A. Boyd, preacher at a Christian Fundementalist "mega" church in Minnesota said that shockingly liberal paragraph during one of several sermons he gave in July 2006.


Detail: Constitutional DoubleCross © Emily Duffy 2006
Photo by Sibila Savage

From the Amherst Times:

Like most pastors who lead thriving evangelical megachurches, the Rev. Gregory A. Boyd was asked frequently to give his blessing — and the church’s — to conservative political candidates and causes.

The requests came from church members and visitors alike: Would he please announce a rally against gay marriage during services? Would he introduce a politician from the pulpit? Could members set up a table in the lobby promoting their anti-abortion work? Would the church distribute “voters’ guides” that all but endorsed Republican candidates? And with the country at war, please couldn’t the church hang an American flag in the sanctuary?

After refusing each time, Mr. Boyd finally became fed up, he said. Before the last presidential election, he preached six sermons called “The Cross and the Sword” in which he said the church should steer clear of politics, give up moralizing on sexual issues, stop claiming the United States as a “Christian nation” and stop glorifying American military campaigns.

“When the church wins the culture wars, it inevitably loses,” Mr. Boyd preached. “When it conquers the world, it becomes the world. When you put your trust in the sword, you lose the cross.”

Detail: Constitutional DoubleCross © Emily Duffy 2006
Photo by Sibila Savage

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