The color of Christ : the Son of God & the saga of race in America
by
 
Blum, Edward J.

Title
The color of Christ : the Son of God & the saga of race in America

Author
Blum, Edward J.

ISBN
9781469601540
 
9780807837375

Publication Information
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2012.

Physical Description
1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations

Abstract
"How is it that in America the image of Jesus Christ has been used both to justify the atrocities of white supremacy and to inspire the righteousness of civil rights crusades? In The Color of Christ, Edward J. Blum and Paul Harvey weave a tapestry of American dreams and visions--from witch hunts to web pages, Harlem to Hollywood, slave cabins to South Park, Mormon revelations to Indian reservations--to show how Americans remade the Son of God visually time and again into a sacred symbol of their greatest aspirations, deepest terrors, and mightiest strivings for racial power and justice. The Color of Christ uncovers how, in a country founded by Puritans who destroyed depictions of Jesus, Americans came to believe in the whiteness of Christ. Some envisioned a white Christ who would sanctify the exploitation of Native Americans and African Americans and bless imperial expansion. Many others gazed at a messiah, not necessarily white, who was willing and able to confront white supremacy. The color of Christ still symbolizes America's most combustible divisions, revealing the power and malleability of race and religion from colonial times to the presidency of Barack Obama"--Provided by publisher.

Personal Subject
Jesus Christ-Person and offices.
 
Jesus Christ-Black interpretations.
 
Jesus Christ. (OCoLC)fst00040116

Subject Term
Racism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
 
Racism -- United States.
 
African Americans -- Religion.
 
Indians of North America -- Religion.
 
Religion and culture -- United States.

Added Author
Harvey, Paul, 1961-

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807837375_blum


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