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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790885603321

Autore

Tinsley A

Titolo

A Postcolonial African American Re-reading of Colossians [[electronic resource] ] : Identity, Reception, and Interpretation under the Gaze of Empire / / by A. Tinsley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-349-46769-3

1-137-32615-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Postcolonialism and Religions

Disciplina

227/.706

Soggetti

Ethnicity

United States—History

Bible—Theology

Sociology

Social history

Imperialism

Ethnicity Studies

US History

Biblical Studies

Sociology, general

Social History

Imperialism and Colonialism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. The people of Colossae -- part II. The enslaved Africans of North America -- part III. Re-reading Colossians.

Sommario/riassunto

Written from an African American perspective, this work depicts the presentation of the gospel message to the first-century community of Colossae, their reception of it comparative to the presentation and reception of the same to the enslaved Africans of North America particularly in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries.