'Jesus in jeans' sculpture unveiled

[romantico]

Posted: 5/13/09 at 8:22pm

A church in East Sussex has unveiled a Marcus Cornish bronze statue dubbed "Jesus in jeans" depicting Christ as a man of the 21st century.

Father David Buckley unveiled the £35,000 seven-foot high bronze statue at the Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri Catholic church in Uckfield.

Cornish's sculpture was funded by money left by Winifred Gregory, 87, a member of the congregation who passed away last year.

Christ is wearing jeans and a shirt billowing in the wind while his hair and beard are neatly and fashionably trimmed.

Father Buckley said: "You are always looking for new ways to enrich people in the experience of Christianity and it is good people can be open-minded to appreciate it.

"On the continent you often encounter modern representations of Jesus but it is not so common over here. We wanted a figure of Christ not in suffering but dynamic and welcoming

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5318718/Jesus-in-jeans-sculpture-unveiled.html

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 5/13/09 at 8:50pm

[clever name]

Posted: 5/13/09 at 9:00pm

He looks like he's surfing.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 5/13/09 at 10:10pm

Yes Clever that or his skate board just got away from him when he was riding the railing.

[EVIE]

Posted: 5/14/09 at 11:40am

Buddy Christ! LOL

Isn't that the outfit Eric Kunze wore in the JCS tour a few years ago?