Chosen Peoples: Sacred Sources of National Identity

by Anthony D. Smith

Book Overview

'Unto thy seed I have given this land.' From the moment of God's covenant with Abraham in the Old Testament, the idea that a people are chosen by God has had a central role in shaping national identity.
Chosen Peoples argues powerfully that sacred belief remains central to national identity, even in an increasingly secular, globalized modern world. In this important new study, Anthony D. Smith goes in search of the deep Judeo-Christian roots of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192100173
• ISBN13: 9780192100177
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.9"