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How is it that in the us the image of Jesus Christ has been used both to justify the atrocities of white supremacy also to encourage 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 webpages, Harlem to Hollywood, slave cabins to South Playground, Mormon revelations to Indian reservations - showing how Americans visually remade the Son of God time and again into a sacred image of their biggest dreams, deepest terrors, and mightiest strivings for racial electricity and justice. The Color of Christ uncovers how, in a country founded by Puritans who destroyed depictions of Jesus, People in america came to trust in the whiteness of Christ. Some envisioned a white Christ who sanctify the exploitation of Local People in america and African People in america and bless imperial enlargement. Many others pictured a messiah, not necessarily white, who was simply willing and in a position to confront white supremacy. The color of Christ still symbolizes America's most combustible divisions, revealing the energy and malleability of contest and religion from colonial times to the presidency of Barack Obama. Edward J. Blum, a professor at San Diego State University, is an award-winning author of several literature on race, religion, politics, and culture in USA history.
