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Adam's ancestors : race, religion, and the politics of human origins / David N. Livingstone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Livingstone, David N., 1953-
- Series:
- Medicine, science, and religion in historical context
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Religious aspects.
- Ethnology.
- Theological anthropology.
- Human beings--Origin.
- Human beings.
- Human evolution.
- Physical Description:
- x, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Beginnings : questioning the mosaic record
- Heresy : Isaac La Peyrère and the pre-Adamite scandal
- Polity : the cultural politics of the Adamic narrative
- Apologetics : pre-Adamism and the harmony of science and religion
- Anthropology : Adam, Adamites, and the science of ethnology
- Ancestors : evolution and the birth of Adam
- Bloodlines : pre-Adamism and the politics of racial supremacy
- Shadows : the continuing legacy of pre-Adamite discourse
- Dimensions : concluding reflections.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-285) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801888137
- 0801888131
- OCLC:
- 166290627
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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