01993nam a2200337 a 450000500170000000800200001702000300003704100080006708200130007508200130008810000250010110000110012624500220013724500430015924500240020226000100022626000300023626000090026630000110027530000280028630000100031452010060032465000570133065000270138765000260141485600820144091100320152295700140155499900170156895200700158520260119071411.02024-06-12 11:02:46  a0231133340, 9780231133340  aeng  a270.1089  bB928-D40  aBuell, Denise Kimber  eAuthor  aWhy This New Race  bEthnic Reasoning in Early Christianity  cDenise Kimber Buell  aU.S.A  bColumbia University Press  c2005  a257tr.  bhardcover, illustration  c23 cm  aConventional histories have understood Christianity as a religion that has sought to transcend ethnic and racial distinctions. Denise Kimber Buell challenges this view and argues that ethnicity and race played a crucial role in early definitions of Christianity. In her readings of early Christian texts, Buell considers the use of ""ethnic reasoning"" to depict Christianness as more than a set of shared religious practices and beliefs. By asking themselves, ""Why this new race?"" early Christians positioned themselves as members of a distinct ethnos (nation) or genos (race). Buell's reconsideration of Christian identity pays close attention to the ways early Christians viewed ethnicity as both fixed and fluid. Many early Christians characterized Christianness as an ethnicity that had a real essence (fixed) but one that could be acquired through conversion (fluid). Buell also shows that discussions of early Christian self-definition offer insights into contemporary issues concerning race.  aJudaism (Christian theology) -- History of doctrines  aEthnology in the Bible  aEarly Church (30-600)4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14745/81uw2dvhqyl-sl1500.jpgyCover Image  aHuỳnh Thị Ngọc Bích  a231010TKH  c14596d14596  00104070aTVCDbTVCDd2026-01-20g0.00l0pTVCD-14596v0.00yBK