Modern Religion, Modern Race Modern Religion, Modern Race z THEODORE VIAL 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Oxford University Press 2016 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Vial, Theodore M., 1962– author. Title: Modern religion, modern race / Theodore Vial. Description: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Identifiers: LCCN 2016013110 (print) | LCCN 2015044392 (ebook) | ISBN 9780190212568 (updf) | ISBN 9780190212551 (cloth : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Race—Religious aspects. | Religion. | Race. Classification: LCC BL65.R3 (print) | LCC BL65.R3 V53 2016 (ebook) | DDC 200.89—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016013110 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc., United States of America For Nancy [W] hat is commonly assumed to be past history is actually as much a part of the living present as William Faulkner insisted. Furtive, implacable and tricky, it inspirits both the observer and the scene observed, artifacts, manners and atmosphere and it speaks even when no one wills to listen. Ralph Ellison, “Introduction,” Invisible Man (New York: Vintage, 1991), xvi Contents Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 1. Kant and Race 21 2. On Religion: To Schleiermacher’s Theoretical Despisers 55 3. Chips from Another German Workshop: Friedrich Max Müller and Friedrich Schleiermacher on Language and Religion 93 4. Modern Communities, National and Religious 125 5. Herder and Schleiermacher as Unfamiliar Sources of Racism 155 6. The Dark Side of Modern Religion 189 7. Modernity and Teleology 221 Bibliography 255 Index 271