On Aug. 7, Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim will debut its new series “Black Jesus.” Adult Swim describes the series as, “Jesus living in present day Compton, California on a daily mission to ...

MANHATTAN (CN) - Saying that Cartoon Network’s “Black Jesus” rips off one of his short stories, a Brooklyn writer has brought a federal complaint demanding $75 million.. Laying out 12 points of ...

They present a dizzying number of illustrations from about seven historical epochs. In the process, we learn how people of faith—most notably white and black Protestants, white Mormons, Native ...

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.

CHICAGO (RNS) — 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 ...

Jesus is often depicted as a tall, white man with long hair, but a new book says those images are probably wrong. Jesus is often depicted as a tall, white man with long hair, but a new book says ...

The traditional image of Jesus as a blue-eyed, blonde-haired white man is historically inaccurate. In her latest video for MTV Decoded, Franchesa Ramsey tells us how this picture of Jesus came to ...

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 ...