Further still, it is what licenses the iconography of Jesus as Black. It’s not that such visual tokens, rooted in such a confession, conscript Black people in toto into a symbolism not of their ...

The book, The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ (Eerdmans), attempts ... person who went back and forth between the black community and the Ku Klux Klan, showing in a very ...

Also, any movie that features a Black Jesus is a yes for me because I’m certain that Jesus Christ was Black. The itinerant preacher who spread the radical idea that there is only one God and was ...

Black appears as Jesus and admonishes those who cite the ... "It seems to me you pick and choose. Well, please choose love instead of hate," Black sings. "Besides, your nation was built on the ...

While "The Book of Clarence" is set during the time of Jesus, the story is told through a Black cultural lens and employs magical realism. The cast, made up of African Americans and actors from ...

Jesus was depicted as a man of color — somewhere between brown and Black — and so were his disciples. Cleveland, who would go on to become a theologian and social psychologist, realized she ...

In essence, Jesus was not white—and given the proximity of ancient Israel to Africa, he may well have shared traits with modern East Africans. Why Not a Black Pope? This question goes beyond ...

The film’s success was practically preordained. “I thought to myself, I’m going to do a Black Jesus movie. It hadn’t been done before,” said La Marre. He would follow Gibson’s model ...

In the small Sicilian town of Siculiana, people have long worshipped a statue depicting a Jesus who is black. However, many have a problem with the current wave of black refugees arriving here.

The painted image carried the same gaze as the generalized, ubiquitous portrait of Jesus. But this one was a Black man. His rich brown skin was a pleasant surprise. We had found a religious ...