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The Color of Christ. The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America.
Paul Harvey
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Description for The Color of Christ. The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America.
Paperback. Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCM; JFSL3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
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, deepest ... Read more
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, deepest ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469618845
SKU
V9781469618845
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About Paul Harvey
Edward J. Blum is author of Reforging the White Republic: Race, Religion, and American Nationalism. 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.
Reviews for The Color of Christ. The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America.
The authors' breadth of research is impressive, and their incorporation of material culture is a model for future scholarship." - Journal of American History "[A] compelling study. . . . This work will captivate readers of American religious and racial history." - Library Journal "Thoroughly fascinating." - Booklist