African American Religious Life and the Story of Nimrod

Book Overview

The biblical text and its key figures have played a prominent role in the development of religious discourse on pressing socio-political issues. Slavery and continued discrimination were given theological sanction through the Old Testament story of Ham, but what of his descendent Nimrod the hunter?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349530506
• ISBN13: 9781349530502
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"