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Images of Jesus have always been complex and contradictory − this class looks at how pop culture imagines him, from cartoons to musicals

  • Written by Jeannie Sellick, Postdoctoral Fellow in Religion, Bowdoin College
Images of Jesus have always been complex and contradictory − this class looks at how pop culture imagines him, from cartoons to musicalsActor Dave Willetts as Jesus in a production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" in Zurich in 1992.Philippe Rossier/RDB/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesText saying: Uncommon Courses, from The Conversation

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

“Jesus in the Modern Imagination”

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