The Color of Christ: The Son of God & the Saga of Race in America by Blum, Edward J.

The Color of Christ: The Son of God & the Saga of Race in America

How is it that in America the image of Jesus Christ has been used both to justify...
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Author: Edward J. Blum
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The Color of Christ: The Son of God & the Saga of Race in America by Blum, Edward J.

The Color of Christ: The Son of God & the Saga of Race in America

$73.31

The Color of Christ: The Son of God & the Saga of Race in America

$73.31
Author: Edward J. Blum
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Edward J. Blum,Paul Harvey
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 08/01/2014
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.13w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9781469618845

About the Author
Edward J. Blum is author of Reforging the White Republic: Race, Religion, and American Nationalism.
Paul Harvey is author of Freedom's Coming: Religious Cultures and the Shaping of the South from the Civil War through the Civil Rights Era.

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