God's Peoples: Covenant and Land in South Africa, Israel, and UlsterChosen 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'Brien Asserting 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. |
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God's Peoples: Covenant and Land in South Africa, Israel, and Ulster Donald Harman Akenson No preview available - 1992 |
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