1st Edition
Racializing Jesus Race, Ideology and the Formation of Modern Biblical Scholarship
By Shawn Kelley
Copyright 2002
270 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Shawn Kelley's groundbreaking study shows how the major intellectual movements of the modern world, such as Orientalism and romantic nationalism, become infused with the category of race. He then traces the processes through which racially-grounded thinking has influenced modern biblical scholarship. Dynamic and thought-provoking, the book incorporates a wide range of current debate, from critical... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Racialized discourse; Chapter 2 The Hegelian Synthesis; Chapter 3 Jesus and the myth of the west; Chapter 4 Aesthetic Fascism; Chapter 5 In the Shadow of Heidegger; Chapter 6 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Messiah; Chapter 7 Conclusion;
Biography
Shawn Kelley is Associate Professor of Religion at Daemen College in Amherst, New York. He is co-chair of the Synoptic Gospels Section of the Society of Biblical Literature.
'In this brave book, Kelley identifies the role of racist discourse in the foundation and practice of biblical studies ... What is new is a willingness to identify the biblical-studies traditions shared by the National Socialists and today's Christian Churches.' - Robert Beckford, Church Times
