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Why This New Race: Ethnic Reasoning in Early Christianity
Denise Buell
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Description for Why This New Race: Ethnic Reasoning in Early Christianity
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCM; HRCX6; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
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 positioned themselves as members of an ethnos or genos distinct from Jews, ... Read more
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 positioned themselves as members of an ethnos or genos distinct from Jews, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231133357
SKU
V9780231133357
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About Denise Buell
Denise Kimber Buell is professor of religion at Williams College and the author of Making Christians: Clement of Alexandria and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy. Denise Kimber Buell is associate professor of religion at Williams College. She is the author of Making Christians: Clement of Alexandria and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Reviews for Why This New Race: Ethnic Reasoning in Early Christianity
With elegant prose and compelling historical research, she examines a little-known early Christian writing.
Henry L. Carrigan, Jr. ForeWord Magazine Recommended. Choice For those who insist on historical depth and nuance...Buell's book is the place to begin that engagement.
Karen L. King Harvard Divinity Bulletin An invaluable resource... the topic is timely for the Church and the work ... Read more
Henry L. Carrigan, Jr. ForeWord Magazine Recommended. Choice For those who insist on historical depth and nuance...Buell's book is the place to begin that engagement.
Karen L. King Harvard Divinity Bulletin An invaluable resource... the topic is timely for the Church and the work ... Read more