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 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.

Iconography classes draw non-Orthodox in search of spiritual images WASHINGTON (RNS) A growing multifaith movement of people has been drawn to the art and the spirituality of iconography.

A writer’s Easter pilgrimage, from Jordan to Jamaica, to find a multiethnic image of Christ. By Eric V. Copage Close your eyes and imagine that Jesus is in front of you. Is the man kneeling in ...

Recent protests on racial justice have also questioned the portrayal of Jesus as a white man. An art historian explains how this image appeared and came to be marketed worldwide.

The all-time most-reproduced image of Jesus is Warner Sallman's light-eyed, light-haired "Head of Christ" from 1940. Through Sallman's partnerships with two Christian publishing companies, one ...

We examined 19 feature films on Jesus, made between 1912 and 2014, through the lenses of biblical criticism, Christology, film theory, and cultural contexts. But we also considered our own personal ...

Many of the AI photos draw in streams of users commenting “Amen” on bizarre Jesus images, praising the impressive work of nonexistent artists or wishing happy birthday to fake children sitting ...

Centrepieces include a large painting of himself over the fireplace - and a drawing of Jesus with his hand on Dr Carson's shoulder - in pictures published by the Guardian.