But there’s one big difference – Moses, Jesus and Lazarus are black. In fact, not one white person can be found in the glossy artwork and photos in the African Heritage Bible, which has sold ...

White readers have long justified their subjugation of Black people with biblical references, and McCaulley writes about this history of exegetical distortion. But he doesn’t let it be the end of the ...

After all, the Bible affirms black lives are created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26–27), and our country has a history of dehumanizing black people. The words “black lives matter” affirm a ...

A Black family's Bible ended up in the Smithsonian and helped a California family fill out its genealogy. It's on display in the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The Bible has been the source of inspiration for Black Americans since the slaves arrived on America’s shores. Though many slaves could not read, some slave masters read the Bible to their slaves.

More than half (54%) of Black Americans say they believe this. As with other questions explored here, Black Protestants (64%) are more likely to express this belief than are Black Catholics (44%).

In most Western Christian traditions, God is a “he” and Jesus is white. And all too often, the Bible is used to justify hate and discrimination. “I’m black, I’m a lesbian, and I’m ...

In other words, if it’s not in the Bible in black and white, we can’t require you to believe it. The irony, of course, is that this articulation of scriptural sufficiency exists within a ...

The roots of today’s divisions are also visible in Christian Citizens: Reading the Bible in Black and White in the Postemancipation South (Univ. of North Carolina, Nov.) by Elizabeth L. Jemison ...