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Why This New Race : Ethnic Reasoning in Early Christianity.
Why This New Race offers a radical new way of thinking about the origins of Christian identity. Conventional histories have understood Christianity as a religion that from its beginnings sought to transcend ethnic and racial distinctions. Denise Kimber Buell challenges this view by revealing the cen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Gender, theory, and religion.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why This New Race offers a radical new way of thinking about the origins of Christian identity. Conventional histories have understood Christianity as a religion that from its beginnings sought to transcend ethnic and racial distinctions. Denise Kimber Buell challenges this view by revealing the centrality of ethnicity and race in early definitions of Christianity. Buell's readings of various texts consider the use of ""ethnic reasoning"" to depict Christianness as more than a set of shared religious practices and beliefs. By asking themselves, ""Why this new race?"" Christians. |
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| Notas: | Index of Ancient SourcesGeneral Index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (497 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-250) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780231508209 0231508204 |