The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race

The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race
ISBN-10
0300152116
ISBN-13
9780300152111
Series
The Christian Imagination
Category
Social Science
Pages
366
Language
English
Published
2010
Author
Willie James Jennings

Description

Weaving together the stories of Zurara, the royal chronicler of Prince Henry, the Jesuit theologian Jose de Acosta, the famed Anglican Bishop John William Colenso, and the former slave writer Olaudah Equiano, Jennings narrates a tale of loss, forgetfulness, and missed opportunities for the transformation of Christian communities. Touching on issues of slavery, geography, Native American history, Jewish-Christian relations, literacy, and translation, he brilliantly exposes how the loss of land and the supersessionist ideas behind the Christian missionary movement are both deeply implicated in the invention of race.

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