ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
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| "JESUS DIES" by Douglas Blanchard |
On October 16, Kittredge Cherry (author) and
Douglas Blanchard (artist) released their new book "
The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision," and one week later, Facebook censored advertising for the new book. Thanks however to pressure from gay Christian supporters of both Kittredge Cherry and Douglas Blanchard, Facebook
reversed its decision and advertising
resumed. The new book about Jesus that challenges viewers by arriving as a young gay man of today in a modern city. “Christ is one of us in my pictures,” says Blanchard. “In His sufferings, I want to show Him as someone who experiences and understands fully what it is like to be an unwelcome outsider.” Blanchard, an art professor and self-proclaimed “very agnostic believer,” used the series to grapple with his own faith struggles as a New Yorker who witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attacks. [
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