The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity

Race, Heathens, and the People of God

Gebonden Engels 2004 9781403965622
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This monograph is an original study of what is commonly termed the American "myth of Ham". It examines black and white Americans' recourse to the biblical character of Ham as a cultural strategy for explaining racial origins. Previous studies in the area have been restricted to associating the Hamitic idea with pro-slavery arguments, whereas the thesis of this project reveals a fundamental irony: black American Christians who reinforced the meanings of illegitimacy by appealing to Ham as the ancestor of the race.

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ISBN13:9781403965622
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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The People-ing of God * Divine Identity and the Hamitic Idea in Christian Theology * Ham, History, and the Problem of Illegitimacy * Becoming the People of God * Race and the American People(s) of God *

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