the image had been reproduced half a billion times by the '80s. This Christ, created with the inspiration of a professor at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, was gazing off into the distance, an aura of light gracing him. It also had blonde hair and blue eyes. Through the twin engines of popular acceptance and sheer mass production, it became the de facto model for all renditions to follow. And follow they did. By the turbulent '60s, everybody was claiming a version of Christ that was in tune with their social and political beliefs -- and each one of them was a response in one form or another to Sallman's creation. Black folk had their notions, other non-whites had their notions, and show business had Jesus Christ Superstar , a retelling of Christ's life for the flower-power generation. The '90s era of multiculturalism would give us yet another spin on Christ -- "Jesus of the People", a multiracial, feminine picture created by Janet McKenzie, a white woman. Blum and Harvey bring the history up to the moment, discussing the post-millennial portrayal of Christ in South Park, The Passion of the Christ and Dogma .  To be fair, Color of Christ isn't a book about pop culture per se (nor is there much theological discussion). Rather, it's an eye-opening look at how not just the image but also the idea of Christ has shifted within varying communities and schools of thought throughout American history (and much credit to the authors for