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The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race

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Description for The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race Paperback. Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighbourly love, failed in its attempts to heal social divisions? This title delves into the late medieval soil in which the modern Christian imagination grew, to reveal how Christianity's highly refined process of socialization has inadvertently created and maintained segregated societies. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.

A ground-breaking account of the potential and failures of Christianity since the colonialist period—winner of the 2015 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion and of an American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence

"Detailing the nooks and crannies of white supremacist Christianity, The Christian Imagination allows not only for greater sophistication when considering race and theology. It also points to possible cures to the disease so elegantly diagnosed."—Edward J. Blum,
Journal of Religion

"[A] theological masterpiece."--Chris Smith, Englewood Review of Books

Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighborly love, failed in its attempts to heal social ... Read more

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.

Using his bold, creative, and courageous critique to imagine a truly cosmopolitan citizenship that transcends geopolitical, nationalist, ethnic, and racial boundaries, Jennings charts, with great vision, new ways of imagining ourselves, our communities, and the landscapes we inhabit.

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Product Details

Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
366
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300171365
SKU
V9780300171365
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About Willie James Jennings
Willie James Jennings is Associate Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School, where he previously served as academic dean. He lives in Durham, NC.

Reviews for The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race
Winner of the 2011 American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence in the Constructive-Reflective Study of Religion category Winner of the 2015 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion presented by the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the University of Louisville "Jennings excavates the major theological issues involved as the old world encountered—violently—the new and engaged in displacement and racialization ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race


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