Adam's ancestors : race, religion, and the politics of human origins / David N. Livingstone.

Author/creator Livingstone, David N., 1953-
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Descriptionx, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesMedicine, science, and religion in historical context
Medicine, science, and religion in historical context. ^A719119
Contents Beginnings : questioning the mosaic record -- Heresy : Isaac La Peyrère 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-285) and index.
LCCN 2007033706
ISBN9780801888137 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0801888131 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BL256 .L57 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold