The color of Christ
Subtitle: the Son of God and the saga of race in America
By: Edward J. Blum and Paul Harvey
Contributors: Harvey, Paul, 1961-
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780807835722
Subjects: Religion; Indians of North America; Church history; African Americans; Racism; Christianity
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: When Christ crossed the Atlantic; title: Revolutionary visions in colonial confines; title: From light to white in the early republic; title: Body battles in antebellum America; title: Christ in the camps; title: Nordic and nativist in an age of imperialism; title: The great commission in the Great Depression; title: Civil rights and the coloring of Christ; title: A deity in the digital age; title: Epilogue: Jesus jokes.