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Design Category
Book design, 2004
Design firm
Pleasure (Brooklyn, New York)
Collection
(2005) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2004

Description

“Stephen Prothero’s American Jesus is a major new work of history: a vivid chronicle of the distinctive ‘images of Jesus’ cherished by the American people, and an incisive account of Jesus’ transformation, in Americans’ hearts and minds, from crucified Lord to folk hero, from divinity to celebrity.”—Excerpt from the front inside flap of American Jesus.

Credits
Creative director: Susan Mitchell
Art directors: Kevin Brainard, Susan Mitchell
Jacket designer: Kevin Brainard
Photographer: AP World Wide Photos
Production director: Peter Richardson
Author: Stephen Prothero
Editor: Paul Elie
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Trim size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches
Pages: 376
Quantity printed: 13,000
Compositor: PennSet
Typefaces: Cheltenham, Helvetica Condensed, Blackletter (all photocopied)
Jacket printer: Phoenix Color