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Jennings, Willie James, 1961–
The Christian imagination : theology and the origins of race / Willie James Jennings.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index.

ISBN 978–0-300–15211-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Race—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title.
BT734.2.J46 2010
270.089—dc22
2009040203

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