Faith and freedom in Galatia and Senegal : the Apostle Paul, colonists and sending gods /
Faith and Freedom in Galatia and Senegal reads Galatians 2:11-15 and 3:26-29 through the lens of the 19th-20th century experiences of French colonialism by the Diola people in Senegal, West Africa, and portrays the Apostle Paul as a \''sociopostcolonial hermeneut who acted on his self-unde...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
Series:
Biblical Interpretation Series
97.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004222724.
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Call Number: BS2685.52 .N53 2009
| Summary: | Faith and Freedom in Galatia and Senegal reads Galatians 2:11-15 and 3:26-29 through the lens of the 19th-20th century experiences of French colonialism by the Diola people in Senegal, West Africa, and portrays the Apostle Paul as a \''sociopostcolonial hermeneut who acted on his self-understanding as God's messenger to create, through faith in the cross of Christ, free communities' -- a self-definition that is critical of ancient Graeco-Roman and modern colonial lore that justify colonization as a divine mandate.\' Aliou C. Niang ingeniously compares the colonial objectification of his own people by French colonists to the Graeco-Roman colonial objectifications of the ancient Celts/Gauls/Galatians, and Paul's role in bringing about a different portrayal. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Brite Divinity School, 2007. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-164) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047428671 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |