Mr. Casado's work draws on techniques of religious kitsch, putting ink on glass or aluminum to make vivid and political imagery.

The cathedral that houses it has only a replica on view - though it does purvey top-quality religious kitsch.

Touches of religious kitsch did little to dispel the bleakness of the scene, right up to the comically abrupt descent of a peace dove at the end.

Consisting of three parables in which that faith is tested, the movie suggests that Christianity and Western culture have no monopoly on turning out religious kitsch.

However, Rosen additionally has characterized Mendelssohn as "the inventor of religious kitsch in music".

His altarlike assemblages spoof a certain sort of gaudy religious kitsch.

And Ms. Elster dwells derisively on the religious kitsch of a devout Christian, the easiest of targets.

A Map One person's holy icon is another's religious kitsch.

The minuscule Coffee Messiah (early 1990s - 2006), decorated in religious kitsch, serving little but coffee and vegan pastries, was also an all-ages performance venue for several years.

Pilgrims have been coming here for centuries; so have the hustlers, pushing everything from religious kitsch to parking spaces.