"The terms religious and spiritual are often used indistinguishably. But they have very different meanings. The confusion arises from the possibility that a work may be spiritual but not religious, or else religious but not spiritual: the higher honor is always accorded to spiritual, and to it all works of art aspire. It is what we have in mind when we call a work of art great: it is what makes the encounter with such a work a life-enhancing moment. To be religious, though, a work of art must depict religious images. If the artist is not particularly gifted, he (or she) may paint a scene of very well-intentioned religious significance — a Crucifixion, say, or a Madonna — but what he shows us on the canvas sits there, dull and inert. If we find religious inspiration in it, it will come from our own faith, not the artist's vision. The work has merely acted as a springboard. We have used it but not entered into it, as we are drawn to do with a spiritual work of art.”