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The Forging of Races

The Forging of Races

Race and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic World, 1600-2000

by Colin Kidd
Paperback
Publication Date: 07/09/2006

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This book revolutionises our understanding of race. Building upon the insight that races are products of culture rather than biology, Colin Kidd demonstrates that the Bible - the key text in Western culture - has left a vivid imprint on modern racial theories and prejudices. Fixing his attention on the changing relationship between race and theology in the Protestant Atlantic world between 1600 and 2000 Kidd shows that, while the Bible itself is colour-blind, its interpreters have imported racial significance into the scriptures. Kidd's study probes the theological anxieties which lurked behind the confident facade of of white racial supremacy in the age of empire and race slavery, as well as the ways in which racialist ideas left their mark upon new forms of religiosity. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the histories of race or religion.
ISBN:
9780521797290
9780521797290
Category:
European history
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
07-09-2006
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
318
Dimensions (mm):
228x152x18mm
Weight:
0.52kg

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