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African American religious life and the story of Nimrod

By Anthony B. Pinn , Allen Dwight Callahan

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2007
ISBN
1403968276, 9781403968272
LCC
BP137.5.N5 P46 2007
Google Books ID
4JVh4Q-u4UUC
Open Library ID
OL11642727M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1187931 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
284\284
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

From support for racial discrimination to justification for struggle against the status quo, the biblical text and its key figures have played a prominent role in the development of religious discourse on pressing socio-political issues.  Slavery and continued discrimination were given theological sanction through the Old Testament story of Ham, but what of his descendent Nimrod the hunter? African American Religious Life and the Story of Nimrod interrogates the nature and meaning of the biblical figure Nimrod's legacy for the children of Africa, shedding light on an intriguing question:  For people of African descent is Nimrod famous, or infamous?

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