Evil, Sexuality, and Disease in Grunewald's Body of Christ

Venereal afflictions, AIDS & a shocking rise in puritanical fanaticism have become world epidemics. We need thought about the inherent ties between sexuality, disease & religion. This brilliant, passionate study turns to the most violently graphic crucifixion in all Christian imagery: Grunewald's Isenheim altarpiece. The sickly Christ on the cross is diseased as the hospice patients for whom the altar was made. The image offers compassionate relief to the burdens of personal guilt & shows the strange beauty shining through the disgust & unbearable pain of pandemic disease. Monick speaks directly to the currently afflicted & their caretakers & to everyone suffering the mysteries of erotic darkness in the flesh.Miller, David L. is the author of 'Evil, Sexuality, and Disease in Grunewald's Body of Christ' with ISBN 9780882143569 and ISBN 0882143565.