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Ethnicity, race, and religion in early Christian and Jewish identities: a critical examination of ancient sources and modern scholarship

早期基督教和犹太教身份中的民族、种族和宗教：对古代资料和现代学术的批判性考察

基本信息

批准号：
AH/M009149/1
负责人：
David Horrell
金额：
$ 21.74万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2015 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FM009149%2F1
关键词：
Ethnicity race religion early Christian

项目摘要

Religion and ethnicity or race are facets of identity that intersect and overlap in complex and varied ways. They are neither identical nor entirely separable, but clearly bound up in some of the most intractable and prominent conflicts in the contemporary world. The most obvious overlaps in contemporary Europe and the USA, with their predominantly Christian traditions, concern the depiction and treatment of Jews and Muslims, often the target of various forms of prejudice and hostility. Crucial to explore are the ways in which the self-identity of the dominant white traditionally-Christian population is constructed by juxtaposition with these others, where the distinctiveness and superiority of the one depends on a certain portrayal - not least in religious and ethnic terms - of the other.The key aim for the proposed fellowship is to explore the intertwining of religious and ethnic or racial facets of identity in Jewish and Christian texts from the period of Christian origins, and to expose the ideological and political motivations of scholarly depictions of these in modern New Testament scholarship. In addressing these issues, the planned programme combines intensive research with a range of collaborative and interdisciplinary activities that will develop the Fellow's leadership in new ways, build research relationships in this country and internationally, and bring this research to bear on contemporary issues of major significance through a range of impact-related and public engagement activities. Addressing the central issues will require the Fellow to engage the collaboration of scholars from a range of contexts and disciplines. The project will be hosted in Exeter's Centre for Biblical Studies, under the Fellow's directorship. In the first phase of the programme, looking at particular case studies, the research will investigate how 'ethnic', 'racial' and 'religious' facets of identity are evident in Christian and Jewish texts, and examine how ethnic or racial terms are deployed in these texts in constructing identity, drawing boundaries, and confronting perceived threat. The project will question an established scholarly tendency to contrast Judaism as a form of ethnic identity with Christianity as a non-ethnic identity. Under the Fellow's leadership a group of scholars from various disciplines will explore these questions in the first project workshop. The research will also document the varied depictions of 'Christian' and 'Jewish' identity in scholarship across a range of time periods from 1815 to the present, particularly in Britain, Germany, and the USA, and particularly in commentaries - the most prominent form in which biblical scholarship is communicated to a wider public, especially in the churches. In doing this, the research will show how scholarly constructions of Christian and Jewish identities in the field of New Testament studies continue - despite all the distancing from the more obviously antisemitic perspectives of the past - to reflect an essentially religious and racist ideology which presumes the superior character, achievements, and potential of Christianity. A second project workshop, led by the Fellow, will bring together a different group of scholars expert in the critical analysis of the ideologies of contemporary scholarship to explore these issues. An international conference, hosted by the Centre for Biblical Studies, will bring global voices into conversation about the intersections of religious and ethnic or racial identities in Christianity and in Christian constructions of and encounters with 'others', and the role of the Bible in generating and legitimating such identities. Finally, the project will reflect on the implications of these findings for contemporary political discourse in traditionally 'Christian' societies such as Britain, where issues of community cohesion and relations between ethnic and religious groups are prominent concerns.

宗教和族裔或种族是身份的各个方面，它们以复杂和不同的方式相互交叉和重叠。它们既不相同，也不完全分开，但显然与当代世界一些最棘手和最突出的冲突密切相关。在当代欧洲和美国，最明显的重叠是以基督教传统为主，涉及对犹太人和穆斯林的描述和对待，往往是各种形式的偏见和敌意的目标。至关重要的探索是，占主导地位的白色传统基督教人口的自我认同是如何通过与其他人并置来构建的，一个人的独特性和优越性取决于某种描绘--尤其是在宗教和种族方面--拟议的研究金的主要目的是探讨犹太人和阿拉伯人的宗教和族裔或种族身份方面的交织，从基督教起源时期的基督教文本，并揭露这些在现代新约学术研究的意识形态和政治动机。在解决这些问题时，计划中的方案将深入研究与一系列合作和跨学科活动相结合，这些活动将以新的方式发展研究员的领导能力，在本国和国际上建立研究关系，并通过一系列与影响有关的活动和公众参与活动，使这项研究对当代重大问题产生影响。解决中心问题将需要研究员从一系列背景和学科的学者进行合作。该项目将在埃克塞特的圣经研究中心主持，在研究员的董事。在该计划的第一阶段，着眼于特定的案例研究，研究将调查身份的“民族”，“种族”和“宗教”方面是如何在基督教和犹太教文本中明显，并研究如何在这些文本中部署民族或种族术语，以构建身份，划定界限，并面对感知的威胁。该项目将质疑一种既定的学术倾向，即将犹太教作为一种种族身份与基督教作为一种非种族身份进行对比。在研究员的领导下，来自不同学科的一组学者将在第一个项目研讨会上探讨这些问题。这项研究还将记录从1815年到现在，特别是在英国，德国和美国，特别是在评论中，学术界对“基督徒”和“犹太人”身份的不同解释-这是圣经学术传播给更广泛公众的最突出形式，特别是在教会中。在这样做的过程中，研究将显示如何在新约研究领域的基督教和犹太人身份的学术建设继续-尽管所有的距离从过去更明显的反犹太人的观点-反映了一个本质上的宗教和种族主义的意识形态，其中假定基督教的上级的性格，成就和潜力。第二个项目讲习班由研究员领导，将汇集一批对当代学术意识形态进行批判性分析的专家学者，探讨这些问题。由圣经研究中心主办的一次国际会议将把全球的声音带入关于基督教中宗教和民族或种族身份的交叉点的对话，以及基督教对“他人”的建构和遭遇，以及圣经在产生和合法化这种身份中的作用。最后，该项目将反映在传统的“基督教”的社会，如英国，社区凝聚力和种族和宗教团体之间的关系的问题是突出的关注，这些研究结果对当代政治话语的影响。