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The Stolen Bible: From Tool of Imperialism to African Icon

by Gerald O. West

  • Hardback
  • 636 pages
  • Publisher: Brill
  • 15.8 x 23.7 x 3.9 cm

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For students of African theology and history.

Tracks the journey of the Bible in Africa.

Deepens your grasp of global faith reception.

An insightful look at the history and impact of the Bible across Southern African cultures.

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The Stolen Bible tells the story of how Southern Africans have interacted with the Bible from its arrival in Dutch imperial ships in the mid-1600s through to contemporary post-apartheid South Africa. The Stolen Bible emphasises African agency and distinguishes between African receptions of the Bible and African receptions of missionary-colonial Christianity. Through a series of detailed historical, geographical, and hermeneutical case-studies the book analyses Southern African receptions of the Bible, including the earliest African encounters with the Bible, the translation of the Bible into an African language, the appropriation of the Bible by African Independent Churches, the use of the Bible in the Black liberation struggle, and the ways in which the Bible is embodied in the lives of ordinary Africans.

  • Title

    The Stolen Bible: From Tool of Imperialism to African Icon

  • Author

    Gerald O. West

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    August 2016

  • Weight

    999g

  • Page Count

    636

  • Dimensions

    15.8 x 23.7 x 3.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9789004322752

  • ISBN-10

    9004322752

  • Eden Code

    4709016