Jesus Christ
Articles discussing Jesus Christ from The Crisis (1910-1934)
Jesus Christ (7 articles)
Articles from The Crisis that substantially discuss Jesus Christ.
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| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1911 (Jan) | Jesus Christ in Baltimore | 1911: W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis condemns churches abandoning Black neighborhoods—race and class drive religious flight and moral hypocrisy. |
| 1911 (Jun) | Jesus Christ in Georgia | W.E.B. Du Bois, in The Crisis (1911), exposes how convict labor and mob violence reveal white supremacy, morally indicting racism and offering redemption. |
| 1914 (Jun) | The Christmas Prayers of God | In a 1914 piece in The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois condemns war, imperial exploitation, racial violence and lynching, pleading to God for justice and mercy. |
| 1915 (Mar) | The White Christ | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1915) criticizes white Christianity’s wartime hypocrisy and praises the democratic, inclusive Negro church. |
| 1916 (Apr) | The Church | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1916) criticizes the white church’s hypocrisy and urges the Black church to lead democratic social uplift. |
| 1921 (Dec) | The Sermon in the Cradle | In a 1921 Crisis essay, W.E.B. Du Bois reimagines Christ born in Benin, affirming Black dignity, faith, and hope as resistance to racial oppression. |
| 1924 (Dec) | The Temptation in the Wilderness | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1924) frames a Black man’s wilderness temptations as a moral struggle over bread, labor, power, race and spiritual dignity. |
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