{"product_id":"9781514009390_when-god-became-white","title":"When God Became White","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Western Christians think about God, the default image that comes to mind is usually white and male. How did that happen?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristianity is rooted in the ancient Near East among people of darker skin. But over time, European Christians cast Jesus in their own image, with art that imagined a fair-skinned Savior in the style of imperial rulers. Grace Ji-Sun Kim explores the historical origins and theological implications of how Jesus became white and God became a whitemale. The myth of the white male God has had a devastating effect as it enabled Christianity to have a profoundly colonialist posture across the globe. Kim examines the roots of the distortion, its harmful impact on the world, and shows what it lookslike to recover the biblical reality of a nonwhite, nongendered God. Rediscovering God as Spirit leads us to a more just faith and a better church and world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grace Ji-Sun Kim","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40699215282225,"sku":"9781514009390","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/9926\/3793\/files\/9781514009390.jpg?v=1780471231","url":"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/9781514009390_when-god-became-white","provider":"Baker Book House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}