Professor Lynn R. Huber's lecture introduced portions of her current book project on color in the Book of Revelation.
Lynn R. Huber, Maude Sharpe Powell professor in religious studies, presented a lecture titled “Light Space, Good Space? The Throne Room in Revelation as White Mythic Space” at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Virgil Cordano OFM Endowed Chair in Catholic Studies and the Department of Religious Studies at UCSB sponsored the lecture.
Building on Huber’s sabbatical project, the lecture introduced a part of her current book project, which explores how color imagery in the Book of Revelation is interpreted in ways that valorize Whiteness. Specifically, Huber discussed how representations of Revelation’s throne room in illustrated English-language Bibles and scholarly commentary function as “white mythic space,” which is “a racially homogenous space in which non-white elements have been erased or minimized” (Stefan Aguirre Quiroga).
While at UCSB, Huber also met with a graduate seminar in religious studies to discuss color theory.