The Golden Calf,’ by Nicholas Poussin (National Gallery London) The Uses of Idolatry William T. Cavanaugh Oxford University Press, £97.00 / €113.59 This book is important and difficult. Important because it orientates us in a changing political landscape, difficult because it does so in a discussion of a complicated topic, “idolatry”, drawing on profound thinkers, St Augustine and Jean-Luc Marion, in particular. I…
