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The mourning of Sebastião Salgado's passing in Brazil and around the world is a testament to the power and necessity of his ...
Rather, despite the white supremacist connotations of an Anglo Savior, a range of groups, from Cherokee Indians in the Southeast to African-American denominational leaders in the Northeast, embraced ...
CHICAGO (RNS) — Nearly a century later, both ‘Head of Christ’ and criticism of its role in enshrining Jesus as white endure.
As the global conversation on race, faith, and representation deepens, a bold question is emerging from both pews and pulpits alike: Was Jesus Black? And in a Church that boasts over 1.3 billion ...
Our Jesus experience raised questions about believing as a Black person in a God depicted and envisioned as white.
What race was Jesus of Nazareth? Nobody can say for certain, but based on recent comments by the head of the Church of England, it is time to revisit whether or not Jesus should be portrayed as a ...
The debate over the color of Jesus’ skin is one of the oldest running arguments in religion. But this Easter, the question is a serious one — for several reasons.
Jesus was Black, and it's healthier for Black people to be Black-centric, which includes rejecting the whitewashed image of Jesus.
Description This oil painting depicts a human figure with arms extended horizontally. The figure wears a long loose dark red/brown robe that flares outward towards the hem. The figure's head, an oval ...
THE CHRISTIAN West refuses to come to terms with the reality of a black Jesus of African origin. Bishop Talbert Swan explains why. “As Dr Freddie Haynes says, white Christians have been so busy ...
As a man who was raised in a Black church with a giant portrait of a White Jesus hung behind the pulpit, I recall many heated arguments in barbershops and cookouts where armchair theologians ...