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Edward Blum, The Color of Christ

Published: Sept. 5, 2013, 5:07 p.m.

b'The history of the United States could be defined as one of\\xa0 racism.\\xa0 Theologians have called racism America\'s original sin.\\xa0 Jesus is in the midst of it.\\xa0 My guest, Dr. Edward J. Blum, co-author of The Color of Christ:\\xa0 The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America, speaks to me about how the "whitening" of Christ in popular imagery symbolized our combustible divisions.\\xa0 Dr. Blum will be in East Tennessee on the following dates to discuss race and religion.\\n\\nThursday, September 19th, 5:30 p.m. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.\\nFriday, September 20th, 7 p.m. Westminster Presbyterian in Knoxville.\\nSaturday, September 21st, 10 a.m.\\xa0\\xa0 Mercy Junction, 63 E. Main Street, Chattanooga.'