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Abraham our father : Paul and the ancestors in postcolonial Africa /

The author explores the legacy of how the Shona found in the figure of Abraham himself a potent resource for cultural resistance, and makes intriguing comparisons with the ways the apostle Paul used the same figure in his interaction with the ancestry of Aeneas in imperial myths of the destiny of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kamudzandu, Israel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2013]
Colección:Paul in critical contexts.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Empire, gospel, and culture
  • Zimbabwe's religious cultural configurations
  • Postcolonial Shona Christianity
  • Aeneas, a constructed ancestor
  • Aeneas and Abraham paradigms
  • Conclusions and implications.