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082 _a270.1089
082 _bB928-D40
100 _aBuell, Denise Kimber
100 _eAuthor
245 _aWhy This New Race
245 _bEthnic Reasoning in Early Christianity
245 _cDenise Kimber Buell
260 _aU.S.A
260 _bColumbia University Press
260 _c2005
300 _a257tr.
300 _bhardcover, illustration
300 _c23 cm
520 _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.
650 _aJudaism (Christian theology) -- History of doctrines
650 _aEthnology in the Bible
650 _aEarly Church (30-600)
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911 _aHuỳnh Thị Ngọc Bích
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