The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity : Race, Heathens, and the People of God
2004 ed.
by
S. Johnson
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice
ISBN-10
1403965625
ISBN-13
9781403965622
Edition
2004 ed.
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 3rd, 2004
Print length
187 Pages
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasHistory of religionChristianity
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Previous studies in the area have been restricted to associating the Hamitic idea with pro-slavery arguments, whereas the thesis of this project reveals a fundamental irony: black American Christians who reinforced the meanings of illegitimacy by appealing to Ham as the ancestor of the race.
This monograph is an original study of what is commonly termed the American "myth of Ham". It examines black and white Americans'' recourse to the biblical character of Ham as a cultural strategy for explaining racial origins. Previous studies in the area have been restricted to associating the Hamitic idea with pro-slavery arguments, whereas the thesis of this project reveals a fundamental irony: black American Christians who reinforced the meanings of illegitimacy by appealing to Ham as the ancestor of the race.
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