What Color is Jesus--A case study in jazz theology (part 1)
posted by jazztheo at 9/30/2005 10:28:00 PM
Friday, September 30, 2005
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On the hyphen between African and American. In search of a Convergent Theology, an African-American contribution to Christianity in the 21st Century.
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8 Comments:
My Cool Daddy,
I fear that you have strayed from jazz theology into ART theology. So here's an art idea:
first choose the color of his robe (assuming he wore a robe) for the day, and then choose a complementary color on the color wheel. (You can even use a Pantone guide.) That's his color.
Of course, this doesn't answer the question of how many different robes he wore. But you are guaranteed every time to end up with at least a pleasingly color-balanced image, if not quite a flatted fifth.
I'm no artist, but personally, I think I'd be more concerned about the other elements of composition before I'd worry about coloring him in.
-lsn
ps - Scripture tells us of the color of at least one garment he wore. What color was he then?
Oh LSN...you dodge all the questions. Join the groove my friend.
jt
Okay, so I will post a comment. I actually posted this very question on my blog in August with three pics of Jesus, one White, one Black, and one Korean. I did it out of curiosity just to see what kind of response I would get. I got some very good comments, but no one really insisted that Jesus was one color or the other. To my mind whatever you believe about the color of Christ skin is irrelevant unless it REALLY matters to you. To my mind, that would be a problem...if you couldn't love a Jesus of another race, or submit to a Black Jesus, or embrace a White Jesus. In the end, Jesus held His treasure in an earthen vessel, just like the rest of us... I did have one person insist that it should and must matter. I disagree, obviously.
I remember years ago reading what was supposedly a description of Jesus written by an artist who had actually seen him. It said he was pretty average....medium brown everything except His eyes which were hazel. That's cool with me as mine are too. Ha ha.
Welcome back to the conversation Pete! Precisely, it is the curse of the hypen. When one finds themself in that place of no real home. You are not classical, the was European not American. Yet jazz, even though it is an American original, still leaves you wanting.
This blog is limited in it's depth right now because it is barely a month old. It's a bit simplistic to think of classical as bad and jazz as good. Each is full of strenghts and weaknesses. When it comes to theology, classical has dominated and is need of a balance.
Andre,
Thanks for dropping in.
For all of those who read this, it will be worth your while to drop by Andre's webpage...he's doing some good thinking.
My Cool Daddy,
Good one. I just realized you asked a trick question! I would like to change my answer.
It's clear that the color of Jesus is kind of blue.
How's that go with your groove?
-lsn
LSN -
I ask this because you sound like someone who would go so far as to recommend it.
In fact, your tone is more that of a numb German-Australian who can no longer feel because of what he's seen. Maybe someone whose strength comes because he chooses not to feel. Maybe a Hoosier who learned UofI couldn't teach you as much as was to be learned in the Rocky Mountains, displayed north of the Big Apple, and chased west to the Golden shore, with its Golden showers?
I've noticed that some people interacting here are looking to learn and to process something of value to them.
Remember third grade, when those girls beat you up? Please son, play nice.
Mom
** This post has been approved by the staff at the Jack Teagarden School for Remedial Finger Painting and Common Courtesy **
MCD,
Who is "Pete Gall"?
Mom;
She was bigger than me.
lsn
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