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A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes has stirred up questions about race.
One family’s stories prove to be a window on Black struggle and persistence in American history David Levering Lewis, author of “The Stained Glass Window.” ...
A stained-glass window from a shuttered Rhode Island church depicting Jesus as dark-skinned is stirring up fresh scrutiny of the role of race and gender in 19th-century New England.
A stained glass window in a small Rhode Island church has been identified as the first-of-its-kind depiction of Jesus as a Black man.
A long-forgotten stained-glass window, once thought lost to time, is now illuminating Immaculate Conception Church once again as part of a major restoration project.
A stained-glass window, donated in 1877 to a church in Rhode Island, shows Jesus as a dark-skinned man.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield is suing the City of Northampton after the city issued a stop-work order to prevent the removal of stained glass windows from a closed downtown church.
Stained glass windows inside of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Northampton. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield has filed a lawsuit against Northampton because of a stop-work order to ...
A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window in Rhode Island that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes has found a new home at a museum in Tennessee ...
In 1966, St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a chapel now, with a new stained-glass window.
Churches in Normandy, France honor the American paratroopers who landed on D-Day as biblical heroes with dramatic images in stained-glass windows — fascinating points of interest for any traveler.
The 12-foot tall, 5-foot wide window depicts two biblical passages in which women, also painted with dark skin, appear as equals to Christ.