Adam's ancestors: race, religion, and the politics of human origins

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Beginnings : questioning the mosaic record -- Heresy : Isaac La Peyrre and the pre-adamite scandal -- Polity : the cultural politics of the adamic narrative -- Apologetics : pre-adamism and the harmony of science and religion -- Anthropology : Adam, adamites, and the science of ethnology -- Ancestor...

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Main Author: Livingstone, David N. 1953- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins University Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Reviews:Adam's ancestors. Race, religion, and the politics of human origins. By David N. Livingstone. (Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context.) Pp. x+301 incl. 25 ills. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. £23.50. 978 0 8018 8813 7 (2009) (Hart, Mitchell B.)
Series/Journal:Medicine, science, and religion in historical context
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B La Peyrère, Isaac de 1594-1676 / Pre-Adamite
B Theological anthropology / Prehistoric man / Adam, Biblical person / Racial theory
Further subjects:B Ethnology Religious aspects
B Human Evolution
B Theological Anthropology
B Human Beings Origin
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Summary:Beginnings : questioning the mosaic record -- Heresy : Isaac La Peyrre and the pre-adamite scandal -- Polity : the cultural politics of the adamic narrative -- Apologetics : pre-adamism and the harmony of science and religion -- Anthropology : Adam, adamites, and the science of ethnology -- Ancestors : evolution and the birth of Adam -- Bloodlines : pre-adamism and the politics of racial supremacy -- Shadows : the continuing legacy of pre-adamite discourse -- Dimensions : concluding reflections
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-285) and index
Physical Description:X, 301 S., Ill., graph. Darst., Kt., 24 cm
ISBN:978-0-8018-8813-7
0-8018-8813-1

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