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Dark-skinned Jesus on stained-glass church window from 1870s prompts debate on Christ's race
A stained-glass window depicting Jesus Christ as a person of color is prompting scrutiny into the role of race, slavery and gender in 19th-century New England. The window, which adorns St. Mark's ...
New York Post2y
150-year-old stained-glass window reveals Jesus Christ with dark skin, stirring questions about race
A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes has stirred up questions about race, Rhode Island’s role ...
Artnet2y
The First Stained-Glass Depiction of Jesus as a Black Man Has Been Discovered in the Window of a Small Rhode Island Church
A long-overlooked stained glass window created for a small Rhode Island church 147 years ago has been identified as a historic, first-of-its-kind depiction of Jesus as a Black man. The work of the ...
The Providence Journal2y
Could this RI stained-glass window redefine how Jesus was represented for Art historians?
was able to really look at the stained glass. And when she did, she was floored. Because in one of the 12-foot windows, she was pretty sure she was looking at a portrait of Jesus Christ ...
Yahoo2y
Stained glass window shows Jesus Christ with dark skin, stirring questions about race in New England
A detail of a nearly 150-year-old stained-glass window depicts Christ speaking to a Samaritan woman, in the now-closed St. Mark's Episcopal church, Monday, May 1, 2023, in Warren, R.I. The nearly ...
Religion News Service1y
In 1877, a stained-glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time − a scholar of visual images unpacks its history and significance
(The Conversation) — A stained-glass window, which shows Jesus as a Black man for the first time, tells a story not only of race but of gender, class and ethnicity. (The Conversation ...
Los Angeles Times2y
Jesus with dark skin? An old stained-glass window in New England stirs up questions
WARREN, R.I. — A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes has stirred up questions about race, ...
Hyperallergic2y
Is a Rare Black Jesus Stained-Glass Portrait a Result of White Guilt?
For nearly 150 years, a stained-glass window portraying Jesus and three biblical women as Black hung at St. Mark’s, an 1830 Greek Revival church in Warren, Rhode Island. It’s said to be the ...
The Grio1y
A stained glass window showing a dark-skinned Jesus Christ is heading to a Memphis museum
WARREN, R.I. (AP) — A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window in Rhode Island that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes — known to many as ...
National Catholic Register3d
Restoration at Rapid City Church Named for Mary Uncovers Hidden Stained-Glass Treasure
A long-forgotten stained-glass window, once thought lost to time, is now illuminating Immaculate Conception Church once again ...
BBC2y
Birmingham Cathedral's stained glass windows to be repaired
Work is to begin after Easter to restore and repair four stained glass ... by Birmingham-born artist Edward Burne-Jones, the historic windows include depictions of Jesus, the Nativity and the ...