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Autore |
Goetz Rebecca Anne |
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Titolo |
The baptism of early Virginia : how Christianity created race / / Rebecca Anne Goetz |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 223 p.) |
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Collana |
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Early America : history, context, culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Racism |
Racism - Virginia |
Virginia Race relations |
Virginia Church history |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Christians and Heathens in Virginia -- English Christians among the Blackest Nations -- The Rise and the Fall of the Anglo-Indian Christian Commonwealth -- Faith in the Blood -- Baptism and the Birth of Race -- Becoming Christian, Becoming White -- The Children of Israel -- Epilogue: Christian Abolitionism and Proslavery Christianity. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Using court records, letters, and pamphlets, Goetz suggests new ways of approaching and understanding the deeply entwined relationship between Christianity and race in early America. |
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