Divine variations : how Christian thought became racial science / Terence Keel.

'Divine Variations' offers a new account of the development of scientific ideas about race. Focusing on the production of scientific knowledge over the last three centuries, Terence Keel uncovers the persistent links between pre-modern Christian thought and contemporary scientific percepti...

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Main Author: Keel, Terence (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.
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505 0 |a Impure thoughts : Johann Blumenbach and the birth of racial science -- Superseding Christian truth : the quiet revolution of nineteenth century American science of race -- The ghost of Christian creationism : racial dispositions and progressive era public health research -- Noah's mongrel children : ancient DNA and the persistence of Christian forms in modern biology -- Beyond the religious pursuit of race. 
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