When modernity obtrudes upon religious art, pious folk usually protest. Last week a startlingly modern piece of church art was unveiled in old Chatham, Mass., on Cape Cod. Engrossed mainly with fish and summer visitors, Chatham is respectable and religious. Most people might suppose that it would have no truck with a picture of Jesus Christ, beardless, garbed in corduroys and grey shirt without even a necktie, preaching from a dory manned by two Cape Codders. Such a supposition would be in error. Deeply, reverently pleased were the Chathamites who gathered last week...
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