Such disparate motifs and symbols as the balaclava worn by armed Russian police, elements of Aztec architecture, indigenous Latin American fabrics, and the traditional garb of medieval nuns are integrated into the imagined totalitarian narrative of Gaia, which is placed in conversation with contemporary crises and events. (artnews.com)
These two processes lead to a tremendous shattering of tradition which is the obverse of the contemporary crisis and renewal of mankind. (religion-online.org)
Yet the body / soul question in one manner or another underlies almost every aspect of our contemporary crisis of faith and culture. (faith.org.uk)