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Apr 5, 2024 · A stained-glass window, which shows Jesus as a Black man for the first time, tells a story not only of race but of gender, class and ethnicity.
- Virginia Raguin
Jul 17, 2020 · The portrayal of Jesus as a white, European man has come under renewed scrutiny during this period of introspection over the legacy of racism in society.
In the church of the little village of Surmanci, a place only a few kilometres away from Medjugorje, there is a miraculous icon of Jesus of Mercy. In 1990, this icon was in the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Trento. This is where Ugo Festa was cured miraculously.
While Christ the Lord transcends skin color and racial divisions, white Jesus has real consequences. In all likelihood, if you close your eyes and picture Jesus, you’ll imagine a white man ...
Nov 19, 2012 · In their new book, The Color of Christ, Edward J. Blum and Paul Harvey explore how different groups have claimed Jesus as their own — and how depictions of Jesus have both inspired civil rights crusades, and been used to justify the violence of white supremacists.
Aug 5, 2020 · In this time in the life of the Church and the World, Christian art must seek to reflect both the sacred beauty and holy blackness of Christ who is oppressed and suffering alongside and within Black communities. It is not enough for Jesus to be Black, rather he must Black and beautiful.
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For some, this blackness was due to Jesus's identification with black people, not to the color of his skin, [61] while others such as the black nationalist Albert Cleage argued that Jesus was ethnically black.
