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

by Paul Harvey and Edward J. Blum

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807835722
• ISBN13: 9780807835722
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"