The Evolution of 'White Jesus'

The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European

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.

How White Jesus Became The Default Image Of Christ

This depiction grew so popular that it ricocheted back into the Middle East, where Christianity has its roots. That's because white Christians ...

How Jesus became so white - The Washington Post

The famed image began as a charcoal sketch for the first issue of the Covenant Companion, a youth magazine for a denomination known as the ...

The White-Jesus Myth - Christian Standard

White Jesus is the beneficiary of centuries of whitewashing, and the American church is the victim. In many cases, America has been a willing ...

The Long History of How Jesus Came to Resemble a White European

But the all-time most-reproduced image of Jesus comes from another period. It is Warner Sallman's light-eyed, light-haired “Head of Christ” from ...

The Evolution of 'White Jesus' - cultursmag

The Crusades highlighted the Western European outlook of what Jesus looked and acted like, and that translated into artwork. Over time, the “white Jesus” image ...

Race and appearance of Jesus - Wikipedia

By the 19th century, theories that Jesus was non-Semitic were being developed, with writers suggesting he was variously white, black, or some other race other ...

Whitewashed: How a Jewish and brown Jesus became an Aryan

As such, the white Jesus is the very foundation of white supremacy. It has clearly been used to drive a wedge between Christians and Jews, as ...

White Jesus is grounded in colonialism. Black Jesus is rooted in ...

Though the masculinity of his features were at issue, it's no surprise that Jesus would be depicted as white; colonization constructed a society ...

The Origins of America's White Jesus | On the Media - WNYC Studios

During this holiday season, you likely encountered public nativity scenes depicting the birth of Jesus, presenting the family with very rare ...

How Did Jesus Become White? - YouTube

Jesus's greatest miracle wasn't him raising from the dead, it was when he turned white. But Jesus probably wasn't somehow the only white guy ...

Why White Jesus Must Go - Human Parts - Medium

The white American Jesus first rose to power and prominence in the early 19th century. This was an era of the expansion of slavery and the often ...

Insisting Jesus Was White Is Bad History and Bad Theology

Setting aside the ridiculousness of creating rigidly racial depictions of a fictitious character that does not actually exist—sorry, kids—like ...

Hey Hey, Ho Ho White Jesus Has to Go… But The Issue is More ...

The continued depiction of Jesus as a “white male” of Western European heritage is problematic not only for historical reasons but also for explicit and ...

When did Jesus start being portrayed as white? : r/AskHistorians

Jesus was from the Middle East and was very likely an olive or dark skinned man. Is there any history of the change in the way he's been drawn or depicted ...

Why Is Jesus Depicted As White? - Medium

White Jesus Was Necessary For Slavery ... Slavery began with the idea that certain racial groups are over others just because they possess their ...

Was Jesus white? - Compelling Truth

There is not a physical description of Jesus in the Bible, but in a lot of Western art, we see Him portrayed as white. Why is this? Well, put simply, artists ...

How Jesus Became Widely Accepted as Being White | Unpack That

'Tis the season... but is white Jesus the reason? How did Jesus' "skin of bronze" turn into the widely revised blue-eyed, ...

Why is Jesus Christ always depicted as a white guy? - Reddit

It's because primarily it's been white folk that have drawn or painted him. The whole "white Roman Jesus" thing would have started back during ...

Depiction of Jesus - Wikipedia

The depiction of Jesus in pictorial form dates back to early Christian art and architecture, as aniconism in Christianity was rejected within the ...