African American Religious Life and the Story of Nimrod

By: Anthony B. Pinn

Book Overview

The Bible and its key figures have long played a prominent role in the development of religious discourse on pressing socio-political issues. Slavery and continued discrimination, for example, were given theological sanction through the story of Ham. This volume looks at his descendent, Nimrod the hunter.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403968276
• ISBN13: 9781403968272
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.3"