02232nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10600726 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110418s2011 enk sb 001 0 eng d 2011015314 9783034302890 (alk. paper) 3034302894 (alk. paper) 9783034302890 9783035301526 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)813285535 f-ke--- BS511.3 .K575 2011eb 220.60967 22 Kinyua, Johnson Kiriaku, 1967- Introducing ordinary African readers' hermeneutics [electronic resource] : a case study of the Ag�ik�uy�u encounter with the Bible / Johnson K�iriak�u K�inyua. Oxford [England] ; New York : Peter Lang, c2011. xiv, 371 p. Religions and discourse, 1422-8998 ; v. 54 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. Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc. Africa. Bible Hermeneutics. Bible Versions, African. Kikuyu (African people) Religion. Christianity Kenya. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10600726 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 194863 194863