Hot Jesus, Black Messiah, Suffering Son of God: How Jesus Films Shape Our Moral Imaginations

This essay explores what is at stake in accurately representing Jesus as a first-century Palestinian Jew in Roman-occupied Judea. Jesus’ portrayal is important in relation both to historical accuracy and to symbolic value in terms of what whiteness (and non-whiteness) signify. Therefore, issues of a...

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Main Author: Eklund, Rebekah Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2017
In: The journal of religion and film
Year: 2017, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-36
Further subjects:B Jesus films Gospels race
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