Rev. Dr. Shively T. J. Smith explores the literary representation of Jesus’ death on the cross in the gospel accounts and its historic Roman spectacle of violence and execution using African American ...

Asian and African American theologians have consistently emphasized the suffering, compassion, and humiliation of Jesus—not just on the cross but in all stages of his earthly life and ministry.

Shepherd’s inquisitive words of that hymn depict a great challenge to every soul, regardless of their ethnic origin: “Must Jesus bear the cross alone And all the world go free?

Station VI: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus, Bruce Onobrakpeya, linoleum block print on rice paper, 1969 High Museum of Art / National Museum of African Art. From medieval frescoes to ...