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

by Paul Harvey

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A 2013 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title.

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,...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781469618845
  • Publish Date 1 August 2014 (first published 21 September 2012)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 11 March 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 352
  • Language English