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19791
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English
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Bertel Thorvaldsen's Christus, A Latter Day Saint's Icon of Christian Evidence
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Art and Spirituality : The Visual Culture of Christian Faith
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University
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189-224
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This essay discusses how a replica of Thorvaldsen's Christus statue came to be displayed in the Temple Square North Visitors Center in 1957, and how since then the image of the Christus has become associated with the LDS church.