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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968662203321

Autore

Tinsley A

Titolo

A Postcolonial African American Re-reading of Colossians : 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

9781349467693

1349467693

9781137326157

1137326158

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Postcolonialism and Religions, , 2946-2320

Disciplina

227/.706

Soggetti

Race

United States - History

Bible - Study and teaching

Sociology

Social history

Imperialism

Race and Ethnicity Studies

US History

Biblical Studies

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.