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🌐 Five Evangelical Christs: Art as a Reflection of Faith


March 29, 2026

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I had an academic project where I looked at images of Jesus, specifically five evangelical Christs, and discussed how they reflect evangelical beliefs. This essay is an adaptation of that research.

Evangelicalism is not a monolithic movement, and one finds a great deal of theological diversity within the movement. It is my belief that art is not only reflective of the philosophy (in this case, theology) of the artist, but it is also reflective of the theology of those persons who are patrons of the work. It is not my purpose to argue the orthodoxy or heterodoxy of these theologies but to reflect upon how these artworks are reflective of evangelical perspectives on Christ, regardless of their theological validity....



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