Adam's ancestors : race, religion, and the politics of human origins / David N. Livingstone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livingstone, David N., author.

Series:

Medicine, science, and religion in historical context.

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:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

Johns Hopkins paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

He reveals how what began as biblical criticism became a theological apologetic to reconcile religion with science--evolution in particular--and was later used to support arguments for white supremacy and segregation. From heresy to orthodoxy, from radicalism to conservatism, from humanitarianism to racism, Adam's Ancestors tells an intriguing tale of twists and turns in the cultural politics surrounding the age-old question, "Where did we come from?".

Contents:

Beginnings : questioning the mosaic record

Heresy : Isaac La Peyrere 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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 8, 2016).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4214-0143-6

OCLC:

794700339