Title:
The color of Christ : the Son of God & the saga of race in America
Author:
Blum, Edward J.
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Publication Information:
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
©2012
Physical Description:
340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
Explores the dynamic nature of Christ worship in the U.S., addressing how his image has been visually remade to champion the causes of white supremacists and civil rights leaders alike, and why the idea of a white Christ has endured.
Language:
English
Contents:
Prologue -- Introduction: The holy face of race -- Part I: Born across the sea. When Christ crossed the Atlantic ; Revolutionary visions in colonial confines ; From light to white in the early republic -- Part II: Crucified and resurrected. Body battles in antebellum America ; Christ in the camps ; Nordic and nativist in an age of imperialism -- Part III: Ascended and still ascending. The great commission in the Great Depression ; Civil rights and the coloring of Christ ; A deity in the digital age -- Epilogue: Jesus jokes.
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ISBN:
9780807835722
9781469618845
Format :
Book
