The death of race: building a new Christianity in a racial world

Brian Bantum says that race is not merely an intellectual category or a biological fact. It is a deeply theological problem, one that is central to the Christian story and that plays out daily in the United States and throughout the world. Our attempts to heal racism will not succeed unless we addre...

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Main Author: Bantum, Brian 1975- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Minneapolis Fortress Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Reviews:The Death of Race: Building a New Christianity in a Racial World, Brian Bantum, Fortress, 2016 (ISBN 978-1-5064-0888-0), xiv + 164 pp., pb £11.99 (2018) (Waldron, Stephen)
IxTheo Classification:CH Christianity and Society
Further subjects:B Racism Religious aspects Christianity
B Race Religious aspects Christianity
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Bantum, Brian: Death of Race : Building a New Christianity in a Racial World. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©2016. - 978-1506408897
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Summary:Brian Bantum says that race is not merely an intellectual category or a biological fact. It is a deeply theological problem, one that is central to the Christian story and that plays out daily in the United States and throughout the world. Our attempts to heal racism will not succeed unless we address a fallen understanding of our bodies. He examines the question of race, but through the lens of our bodies and what our bodies mean in the midst of a racialized world that perpetually dehumanizes dark bodies
ISBN:1506408885