Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Blum, Edward J. Title: The color of Christ : the Son of God & the saga of race in America / Edward J. Blum, Paul Harvey. Publisher, Date: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2012. 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. Subjects: Jesus Christ. Racism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Racism -- United States. African Americans -- Religion. Indians of North America -- Religion. United States -- Church history. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-325) and index. 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. LCCN: 2012004088 ISBN: 9780807835722 0807835722 1469618842 9781469618845 9781469618845 : PAP 1469618842 : PAP Other Number: 778244919 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 447832 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 232 Blum Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
