Jesus in Modern America

3 credits · Divinity School

The period from 1880 to 2000 featured a high level of American cultural interest in Jesus of Nazareth. More books were produced on Jesus during this period than on any other historical figure. In various modes of cultural production-plays, novels, movies, biblical commentaries, theologies, and moral essays, Americans depicted Jesus to meet their needs and conceptions of who this man was and what he represented for their contemporaries. Examines a wide range of "American Jesuses." [3]