The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America's Culture Wars

by Isaac Butler

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Fresh Air, NPR · June 30, 2026

Banned books, shocking art & the birth of the culture wars

An examination of how the religious right created a template for expressing grievance over art, using it to defund the National Endowment for the Arts, and how those tactics continue to shape America's culture wars today.

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