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.
Series: Religions and discourse ; v. 54Publication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Peter Lang, c2011.Description: xiv, 371 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 220.60967 22
- BS511.3 .K575 2011eb
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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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