Religion and the creation of race and ethnicity : an introduction / edited by Craig R. Prentiss.
| Other author | Prentiss, Craig R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : New York University, ©2003. |
| Description | x, 243 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Race, religion, and ethnicity Religion, race, and ethnicity. ^A589193 |
| Contents | "A servant of servants shall he be" : the construction of race in American religious mythologies / Paul Harvey -- Myth and African American self-identity / Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. -- Almost white : the ambivalent promise of Christian missions among the Cherokees / Joel Martin -- Indigenous identity and story : the telling of our part in the sacred homeland / Nimachia Hernandez -- Jew and Judaist, ethnic and religious : how they mix in America / Jacob Neusner -- Blackness in the Nation of Islam / Aminah Beverly McCloud -- Theologizing race : the construction of "Christian identity" / Douglas E. Cowan -- "Loathsome unto thy people" : the Latter-Day Saints and racial categorization / Craig R. Prentiss -- Our Lady of Guadalupe : the heart of Mexican identity / Roberto S. Goizueta -- Myths, Shinto, and matsuri in the shaping of Japanese cultural identity / John K. Nelson -- Islam, Arabs and ethnicity / Azzam Tamimi -- Cosmic men and fluid exchanges : myths of ārya, varnạ, and jāti in the Hindu tradition / Laurie Patton -- Religious myth and the construction of Shona identity / Chirevo V. Kwenda -- Sacral ruins in Bosnia-Herzegovina : mapping ethnoreligious nationalism / Michael A. Sells. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2002152479 |
| ISBN | 0814767001 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 081476701X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | BL65.E75 R47 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |