Divine variations : how Christian thought became racial science /

Keel, Terence,

Divine variations : how Christian thought became racial science / Terence Keel. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Impure thoughts : Johann Blumenbach and the birth of racial science -- Superseding Christian truth : the quiet revolution of nineteenth century American science of race -- The ghost of Christian creationism : racial dispositions and progressive era public health research -- Noah's mongrel children : ancient DNA and the persistence of Christian forms in modern biology -- Beyond the religious pursuit of race.



9781503604377


Race--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Race--Historiography.
Religion and science--History.
Eurocentrism--History.


Electronic Books.

BT734 / .D585 2018