Most of these images are, of course, found in religious art. The sacred heart was, and is, a significant symbol in Christianity and its pre-modern depictions are as diverse as they are numerous.

As supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the seat of U.S. democracy, Epting couldn’t help but notice the Christian symbols ... the heart of the foundational ideas of what religious ...

In his bestselling The Secular City, he stressed the need for a relevant Christianity ... to overstress involvement at the expense of inner religious experience. “Once you transform everything ...