The unconverted self
Subtitle: Jews, Indians, and the identity of Christian Europe
By: Jonathan Boyarin.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780226069197
Subjects: Christianity and other religions -- Judaism; Christianity and other religions -- Islam; Indians of North America -- Religion; Europe -- Ethnic identity
Description: The Unconverted Self proposes that questions of difference inside Christian Europe not only are inseparable from the painful legacy of colonialism but also reveal Christian domination to be a fragile construct. Boyarin compares the Christian efforts aimed toward European Jews and toward indigenous peoples of the New World, bringing into focus the intersection of colonial expansion with the Inquisition and adding significant nuance to the entire question of the colonial encounter."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Until the conversion of the self; title: Muslims; title: Christendom; title: The universe of the human; title: Text and translation; title: Conclusion: the Christian dimension.