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Book explores the shifting image of Christ throughout U.S. history

By Joe Martinez via Flicker

 In the Book of Genesis it says “... God created human beings in his own image,” however according the book " The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America,"  we made his son in our image. Throughout the 20th century,  varied configurations of Jesus tell the history of race and religion in the United States.

Edward Blum, who co- authored the book, explains how groups used the image of Christ as a means for suppression and a tool for empowerment. 

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