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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: “Figures of the True”
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Nimrod as Hero
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Front Matter
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About this book
Reviews
Praise for African American Religious Life and the Story of Nimrod
'This is an intriguing book from beginning to end. I learned a great deal from it both in terms of Biblical exegesis of the relevant texts, their historical usage for racist purposes, and their various contemporary uses by African Americans in their pursuit for enhanced dignity and cultural valorization. It can be an apt grounding for Biblical humanism on the one hand and for African American humanism on the other hand as some of the articles indicate. Yet, it can be used as a theological corrective for human aspirations towards domination, tyranny, and oppression as others demonstrate in their essays. The text results in a rich historical repository of racist interpretations that have demeaned the humanity of African peoples for many centuries. It is an important collective of essays on a subject of great interest to African peoples both within and without the theological and biblical academy.' Peter J. Paris, Elmer G. Homrighausen Professor Emeritus, Christian Social Ethics, Princeton Theology Seminary
Editors and Affiliations
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Rice University, Houston, USA
Anthony B. Pinn
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Seminário Teológico Batista do Nordeste in Bahia, Salvador, Brasil
Allen Dwight Callahan
About the editors
ANTHONY B PINN is Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University, USA. His publications include African American Humanist Principles: Living and Thinking Like the Children of Nimrod and (co-editor) Loving the Body: Black Religious Studies and the Erotic, both published by Palgrave Macmillan.
ALLEN DWIGHT CALLAHAN is Professor of New Testament at Seminário Teológico Batista do Nordeste in Bahia, Brazil. His publications include The Living Book: African Americans and the Bible and A Love Supreme: A History of the Johannine Tradition.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: African American Religious Life and the Story of Nimrod
Editors: Anthony B. Pinn, Allen Dwight Callahan
Series Title: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230610507
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Anthony B. Pinn and Allen Dwight Callahan 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6827-2Published: 15 July 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-53050-2Published: 15 July 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-61050-7Published: 25 December 2007
Series ISSN: 2945-6975
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6983
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 271
Topics: African Culture, Religious Studies, general, History of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Biblical Studies, Ethnicity Studies