Chicago • The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as Black, she was in her 20s. It felt “weird,” Carr said. Until that moment, she’d always thought Jesus was white. At ...

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. As protesters called for the removal of ...

It seems to be more used is many circles and disciples than any other colour. We can get other colours by mixing with white, yet, impossible to get a white colour by mixing other colours. Unlike with ...

Many have asked me in the last few days what I think about the (legitimate) critiques of the ubiquity of White Jesus representations, like the famous painting, “Head of Christ,” by Warner Sallman.

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.

As a European Renaissance art historian, I study the evolving image of Jesus Christ from A.D. 1350 to 1600. ... images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, ...

This originally appeared on The Conversation. I grew up in a Christian home, where a photo of Jesus hung on my bedroom wall. I still have it. It is schmaltzy and rather tacky in that 1970s kind of ...

Fox News television host Megyn Kelly told viewers on her December 11 broadcast that Jesus and Santa are both white men. "Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn't mean it has to change ...

Another image depicts Jon Snow, a character in the hit HBO show Game Of Thrones, as Jesus Christ and includes the caption "Jon Snow is risen! Truly he is risen!" ...

While we certainly do not condone violence against church property, King and the thousands who agreed in replies to his feed have a point. As a Palestinian Jew, Jesus was not white, and the ...

Edward J. Blum, who co-authored the 2014 book “The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America,” said many Christians remain hesitant to give up the image of white Jesus.