Anti-oppression visual art in churches

This study will help to prepare lay and ordained ministers in the Episcopal church to notice the exclusion of African-Americans from visual art in worship space. My observations about what I found and what was missing in visual art in various churches led me to write this thesis. This study is designed to meet the current need for Christian education and to prepare ministers to lead worship in liturgical space that is true to the evolving demographics of Episcopal parishes. Newcomers may arrive with different skin color or primary language. Congregation members may come from noticeably different social locations with varied expectations for seeing themselves welcomed into worship. Any number of congregations may share a single worship space offset by time of worship service. Church buildings may also be shared with or rented to faith groups or denominations with different norm