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Buell, Denise Kimber, 1965-

Why this new race : ethnic reasoning in early Christianity / Denise Kimber Buell. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2005. - xiv, 257 p. ; 24 cm. - Gender, theory, and religion .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-250) and indexes.

"Worshippers of so-called Gods, Jews, and Christians" : religion in ethnoracial discourses -- "We were before the foundation of the world" : appeals to the past in early Christian self-definition -- "We, quarried from the bowels of Christ, are the true Genos of Israel" : Christian claims to peoplehood -- "A Genos saved by nature" : ethnic reasoning as intra-Christian polemic -- "From every race of humans" : ethnic reasoning, conversion, and Christian universalism.

ISBN: 0231133340 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005041278

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Race--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Ethnicity--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Identification (Religion)--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

LC Class. No.: BR195.R37 / B84 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 270.1/089