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Introducing ordinary African readers' hermeneutics

by Kinyua, Johnson Kiriaku,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Religions and discourse, 1422-8998 ; . v. 54 Published by : Peter Lang, (Oxford [England] ; | New York :) Physical details: xiv, 371 p.
Subject(s): Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Africa. | Bible -- Hermeneutics. | Bible -- Versions, African. | Kikuyu (African people) -- Religion. | Christianity -- Kenya. | Electronic books.
Year: 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Biblical hermeneutics and postcolonial theory -- Bible and colonial identities: colonial constructions, representations and marginality -- Location of culture in the colonial hermeneutics: ambivalence, mimicry, and hybridity -- Bible translation and the discourse of colonalism: the G�ik�uy�u Bible -- The role of common sense hermeneutics: the translated texts and the types of reading -- Resistance as a discursive practice -- The discourse of resistance and the "hidden transcript": the revival option -- Towards an ordinary African readers' hermeneutics -- General conclusion.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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