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nearly opposite the present wretched reality as oculd be imagined. Christ the symbol, Christ ‘the reminder, and, what is more, Chrfet the fellow sufferer. And the empty box? An echo of the empty tomb, the symbol of resurrection? Or the empty breadbox? Or the empty promises? '3
In very simple and transparent ways Mr. Slack shows how a religious reality insinuates itself into the everyday reality of its believers. The power of the symbol of Christ on the Cross lay in just this integral of experience and belief. Cl tianity gives the poor the oppo| nity to reframe their poverty,; miserable their misery, and thej pressed their oppression. Christ,| symbol of Christ — the gateway the other world.
Marx had Christianity in when he said that religion is, opiate of the poor. What he faile appreciate and what Mr. shows so clearly in this sple< work of art is how closely ge$ was Christianity into the lives adherents, and what a perfect bol the half-god, half-man Ch^ with a foot in each world, could 1 those looking for a way out of ’ wretchedness.
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