Description
Book SynopsisThis book examines the proliferation of monumental Christian street art in a Muslim/Christian conflict to show how ephemeral phenomena are inherent to sociopolitical change.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Violence, Visuality, and Appearance | 1
Image, Appearance, Figuration, 8 • A Christian
Town, 11 • The Appearance of Crisis, 15 • Matters
of Perception, 18 • Orphaning the Nation, 20 •
Orphaned Landscapes, 23 • A Symptomatology
of Crisis, 28
1 Fire without Smoke | 33
War’s Fog, 36 • Fire without Smoke, 40 • The Thick
of Things, 45 • Soundtracks of War, 52 • Amplifications, 54 •
Anticipatory Practices, 58 • Official Peace, 63
2 Christ at Large | 67
Christ at Large, 76 • The Canon in the Street, 79 •
Guardians of the Neighborhood, 88 • Streetwise
Masculinity, 96 • This Face Wants you, 104 • Sighting
the Street, 109
3 Images without Borders | 113
Painting Christianity, 116 • Landscape I: Christian Enclave,
127 • Landscape II: Pancasila Jesus, 132 • Landscape III:
Sidewalk Citizenship, 136 • Landscape IV: Witnessing
the End-Time, 146 • Frames at War, 152 • A Frenzy
of the Visible, 154
4 Religion under the Sign of Crisis | 157
Times Rich in Demons, 158 • Conversion’s Unstable
Alchemy, 161 • Religion under the Sign of Crisis, 163 •
Simplifications, 166 • Terms of Coexistence, 170 •
Symptomatology: Treacherous Things, 176 • Symptomatology:
Treacherous Persons, 180 • Neighbors and Neighborhoods, 184
5 Provoking Peace | 191
Spectacles of Reconciliation, 193 • The Child in the Picture,
199 • Peace Journalism, 214 • Scrolling for Peace, 222
Conclusion: Ephemeral Mediations | 229
Acknowledgments | 233
Notes | 239
Works Cited | 281
Index | 299
