The color of Christ the Son of God & the saga of race in America
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.
| Main Author: | Blum, Edward J. |
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| Other Authors: | Harvey, Paul, 1961- |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
c2012.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: |
340 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-325) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780807835722 0807835722 |
| Author Notes: |
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 . |