The Christian Imagination Theology and the Origins of Race

Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighborly love, failed in its attempts to heal social divisions? In this ambitious and wide-ranging work, Willie James Jennings delves deep into the late medieval soil in which the modern Christian imagination grew, to reveal how Christianity's hi...

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1. Verfasser: Jennings, Willie James
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New Haven Yale University Press 25.05.2010
Ausgabe:1
Schlagworte:
Christianity
Race
Race > Religious aspects > Christianity
Religion
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
RELIGION / Theology
Religious aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
Sociology
ISBN:9780300152111, 0300152116, 9780300171365, 0300171366
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Zurara’s Tears 2: Acosta’s Laugh 3: Colenso’s Heart 4: Equiano’s Words 5: White Space and Literacy 6: Those Near Belonging Conclusion Notes Index
  • Intro -- The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I DISPLACEMENT -- ONE Zurara's Tears -- TWO Acosta's Laugh -- Part II TRANSLATION -- THREE Colenso's Heart -- FOUR Equiano's Words -- Part III INTIMACY -- FIVE White Space and Literacy -- SIX Those Near Belonging -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
  • Acknowledgments --
  • Contents --
  • TWO. Acosta’s Laugh --
  • Part I. DISPLACEMENT --
  • Index
  • Part III. INTIMACY --
  • FIVE. White Space and Literacy --
  • Conclusion --
  • ONE. Zurara’s Tears --
  • SIX. Those Near Belonging --
  • FOUR. Equiano’s Words --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Notes --
  • THREE. Colenso’s Heart --
  • Introduction --
  • Part II: TRANSLATION --