Heathen: Religion and Race in American History

Heathen: Religion and Race in American History
ISBN-10
0674976770
ISBN-13
9780674976771
Category
History
Pages
369
Language
English
Published
2022-05-17
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Kathryn Gin Lum

Description

American ideas about race owe much to the notion of an undifferentiated “heathen world” held together by its need of assistance. This religious notion shaped American racial governance and undergirds American exceptionalism, even as purported heathens have drawn on their characterization as such to push back against this national myth.

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