Chosen peoples: The Bible, race and empire in the long nineteenth century (Studies in Imperialism)

By: Alan Lester

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Synopsis: 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.

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ISBN-13:: 9781526143051
Related ISBNs:: 9781526143068, 9781526143044
Publisher:: Manchester University Press
Date of Addition:: 10/16/20
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Politics and Government
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Gareth Atkins
Edited by:: Shinjini Das
Edited by:: Brian Murray