In What Sense Exactly Did Christianity Give Us Racial Science?

In my contribution to the interdisciplinary discussion of Terence Keel's study on the Christian roots of modern racial science, I focus on its philosophical assumptions and implications. My primary concern is to relate the findings of this study to recent appraisals of the philosophical notion...

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Published in:Zygon
Subtitles:TERENCE KEEL'S DIVINE VARIATIONS: A SYMPOSIUM
Main Author: Fehige, Joerg H. Y. 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Zygon
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christianity / Racial theory / Natural sciences
Further subjects:B Jürgen Habermas
B reoccupation
B Modernity
B Historicism
B Secularism
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Summary:In my contribution to the interdisciplinary discussion of Terence Keel's study on the Christian roots of modern racial science, I focus on its philosophical assumptions and implications. My primary concern is to relate the findings of this study to recent appraisals of the philosophical notion of a secularized Western modernity. I raise a twofold question: in what sense can one say that traditional Christianity links intimately to modern racial science, and which historiographical decisions inform the substantiation of such links?
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12488