{"product_id":"becoming-christian-dennis-austin-britton-9780823257140","title":"Becoming Christian: Race, Reformation, and Early Modern English Romance","description":"\u003cem\u003eBecoming Christian\u003c\/em\u003e argues that romance narratives of Jews and Muslims converting to Christianity register theological formations of race in post-Reformation England. The medieval motif of infidel conversion came under scrutiny as Protestant theology radically reconfigured how individuals acquire religious identities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhereas Catholicism had asserted that Christian identity begins with baptism, numerous theologians in the Church of England denied the necessity of baptism and instead treated Christian identity as a racial characteristic passed from parents to their children. The church thereby developed a theology that both transformed a nation into a Christian race and created skepticism about the possibility of conversion. Race became a matter of salvation and damnation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBritton intervenes in critical debates about the intersections of race and religion, as well as in discussions of the social implications of romance. Examining English translations of Calvin, treatises on the sacraments, catechisms, and sermons alongside works by Edmund Spenser, John Harrington, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, and Phillip Massinger, \u003cem\u003eBecoming Christian\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates how a theology of race altered a nation's imagination and literary landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis Austin Britton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823257142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823257140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Dennis Austin Britton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992507875583,"sku":"9780823257140","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1898a5d4-72ba-48a3-b90d-bc5551534b85.jpg?v=1683319320","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-christian-dennis-austin-britton-9780823257140","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}