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

  • Livingstone, David N., 1953-
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[2008], ©2008
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2008], ©2008.

Physical description

x, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-285) and index.

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.

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  • 9780801888137
  • 0801888131