description: Chosen as one of Library Journal's Best Books of 1992 "Superb scholarship and compelling writing."--Library Journal "Splendidly illuminating and enthrallingly readable."--Conor Cruise O'BrienAsserting that the dominant peoples of South Africa, Northern Ireland, and Israel have based their cultural identity on a belief in a covenant with an all-powerful God, Akenson vividly characterizes the effects of this conviction on each nation's history.
language: English
title: God's Peoples: Covenant and Land in South Africa, Israel, and Ulster
titlecomplete: God's Peoples: Covenant and Land in South Africa, Israel, and Ulster
ratings_count: 14
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Wallace K. Ferguson Prize
publisher: NCROL