{"product_id":"the-christian-imagination-willie-james-jennings-9780300171365","title":"The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ground-breaking account of the potential and failures of Christianity since the colonialist period--winner of the 2015 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion and of an American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Detailing the nooks and crannies of white supremacist Christianity, \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e allows not only for greater sophistication when considering race and theology. It also points to possible cures to the disease so elegantly diagnosed.\"--Edward J. Blum, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournal of Religion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] theological masterpiece.\"--Chris Smith, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnglewood Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighborly love, failed in its attempts to heal social divisions? In this ambitious and wide-ranging work, Willie James Jennings delves deep into the late medieval soil in which the modern Christian imagination grew, to reveal how Christianity's highly refined process of socialization has inadvertently created and maintained segregated societies. A probing study of the cultural fragmentation--social, spatial, and racial--that took root in the Western mind, this book shows how Christianity has consistently forged Christian nations rather than encouraging genuine communion between disparate groups and individuals.\u003cp\u003eWeaving together the stories of Zurara, the royal chronicler of Prince Henry, the Jesuit theologian Jose de Acosta, the famed Anglican Bishop John William Colenso, and the former slave writer Olaudah Equiano, Jennings narrates a tale of loss, forgetfulness, and missed opportunities for the transformation of Christian communities. Touching on issues of slavery, geography, Native American history, Jewish-Christian relations, literacy, and translation, he brilliantly exposes how the loss of land and the supersessionist ideas behind the Christian missionary movement are both deeply implicated in the invention of race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing his bold, creative, and courageous critique to imagine a truly cosmopolitan citizenship that transcends geopolitical, nationalist, ethnic, and racial boundaries, Jennings charts, with great vision, new ways of imagining ourselves, our communities, and the landscapes we inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Willie James Jennings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300171366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300171365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.77w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/06\/2011 pg. 34","brand":"Willie James Jennings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049590092031,"sku":"9780300171365","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40a5e3b4-b4b9-47bf-ae6c-6bf3cfd719eb.jpg?v=1685002385","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-christian-imagination-willie-james-jennings-9780300171365","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}