Biblical interpretation and African traditional religion : cross-cultural and community readings in Owamboland, Namibia / by Helen C. John.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

John, Helen C., author.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 176.

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; volume 176

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Namibia--Owambo.

Bible.

Christianity and other religions--African.

Christianity and other religions.

Africa--Religion.

Africa.

Religion.

Africans--Religion.

Christianity.

Interfaith relations.

Namibia--Owambo.

Namibia.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019.

Summary:

In 'Biblical Interpretation and African Traditional Religion', Helen C. John juxtaposes grassroots biblical interpretations from Owamboland, Namibia, with professional interpretations of selected New Testament texts, effectively demonstrating the capacity of grassroots interpretations to destabilise, challenge and nuance dominant professional interpretations.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1: Methodology. Cross-cultural biblical interpretation groups: contextual voices and contextual realities as sites of interpretative expertise

Cross-cultural biblical interpretation groups: the approach in practice

Part 2: Cross-cultural biblical interpretation groups in Ondonga, Namiba. :1aterial interpretations of wedding parables (Matthew 22:1-14 and Luke 14:7-11)

Blood, clothing, and shadows: extending notions of the person in the stories of Jairus and the haemorrhaging woman (Mark 5:21-43)

The graves and groves of restless spirits: noctambulant legion and the living landscape (Luke 8:26-39)

Commanding the whirlwinds, calming the storm: interactions with nature 'in culture' and 'in Christianity' (Mark 4:35-41 and 6:45-52)

Jesus as spirit, Jesus in the spirit: interpreting the risen Jesus with restless spirits and ancestors (Luke 24:1-49)

Conclusions.

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Exeter, 2016 under title: Bodies, spirits, and the living landscape : interpreting the Bible in Owamboland, Namibia.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: John, Helen C., author. Biblical interpretation and African traditional religion

ISBN:

9789004399303

9004399305

OCLC:

1089580472