Chosen Peoples - The Bible, Race and Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)

Chosen peoples demonstrates how biblical themes, ideas and metaphors shaped racial, national and imperial identities in the long nineteenth century. Even as radical new ideas challenged the historicity of the Bible, biblical notions of lineage, descent and inheritance continued to inform understandings of race, nation and empire. European settler movements portrayed 'new' territories across the seas as lands of Canaan, but if many colonised and conquered peoples resisted the imposition of biblical narratives, they also appropriated biblical tropes to their own ends. These innovative case-studies throw new light on familiar areas such as slavery, colonialism and the missionary project, while forging exciting cross-comparisons between race, identity and the politics of biblical translation and interpretation in South Africa, Egypt, Australia, America and Ireland. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Imperialism
Release date:	February 2020
First published:	2020
Editors:	Gareth Atkins • Shinjini Das • Brian Murray
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-4304-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
LSN:	1-5261-4304-6
Barcode:	9781526143044

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