Innovative and lavishly illustrated; Painting the Gospel offers an indispensable contribution to conversations about African American art; theology; politics; and identity in Chicago. Kymberly N. Pinder escorts readers on an eye-opening odyssey to the murals; stained glass; and sculptures dotting the citys African American churches and neighborhoods. Moving from Chicagos oldest black Christ figure to contemporary religious street art; Pinder explores ideas like blackness in public; art for black communities; and the relationship of Afrocentric art to Black Liberation Theology. She also focuses attention on art excluded from scholarship due to racial or religious particularity. Throughout; she reflects on the myriad ways private black identities assert public and political goals through imagery. Painting the Gospel includes maps and tour itineraries that allow readers to make conceptual; historical; and geographical connections among the works.
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