Heathen: Religion and Race in American History
American ideas about race owe much to the notion of an undifferentiated "heathen world" held together by its need of assistance. This religious notion shaped American racial governance and undergirds American exceptionalism, even as purported heathens have drawn on their characterization a...
| Summary: | American ideas about race owe much to the notion of an undifferentiated "heathen world" held together by its need of assistance. This religious notion shaped American racial governance and undergirds American exceptionalism, even as purported heathens have drawn on their characterization as such to push back against this national myth. Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- A Note on Terms -- Prologue: Returning the Gaze -- Introduction: A Heathen Inheritance -- Part I: Imagining the Heathen World -- 1. Precedents -- 2. Origin Stories -- 3. Landscapes -- 4. Bodies -- Part II: The Body Politic -- 5. Barometer -- 6. Exclusion -- 7. Inclusion -- Part III: Inheritances -- 8. Preservation and Pushback -- 9. Resonances -- 10. Continuing Counterscripts -- Epilogue: "The Aforesaid Heathen Peoples" -- Postscript: The More Things Change . . . -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0674275780 |