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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.

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Author:   Helen C. John
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   176
Weight:   0.555kg
ISBN:  

9789004399303

ISBN 10:   9004399305
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   29 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Abbreviations IX List of Figures and Tables X Acknowledgements Xi Introduction  1 Indigenous Traditions and Christianity in Owamboland: Encounters and Interactions in a Post-colonial Context  2 Cross-Cultural (Grassroots) Biblical Interpretation Groups Part 1: Methodology 1 Cross-Cultural Biblical Interpretation Groups: Contextual Voices and Contextual Realities as Sites of Interpretative Expertise  1 Interpreting Biblical Texts with Alternative Worldviews and Social Locations: the Dalit Feminist Interpretation of Surekha Nelavala  2 Interpreting Biblical Texts with Grassroots Participants: Contextual Bible Study  3 Interpreting Biblical Texts with Cross-Cultural Biblical Interpretations Groups: Interdisciplinary Concerns  4 Conclusions 2 Cross-Cultural Biblical Interpretation Groups: the Approach in Practice  1 The ‘Cross-Cultural’ in CCBIGs  2 The ‘Biblical Interpretation’ in CCBIGs  3 The ‘Groups’ in CCBIGs  4 Limitations Part 2: Cross-Cultural Biblical Interpretation Groups in Ondonga, Namibia 3 Material Interpretations of Wedding Parables (Matthew 22:1–14 and Luke 14:7–11)  1 Matthew 22:1–14 and Luke 14:7–11 in Iihongo CCBIGs  2 Ethnographic Contextualisation  3 Iihongo Interpretations of Matthew 22:1–14 and Luke 14:7–11 in Dialogue with Social-Scientific New Testament Scholarship  4 Conclusions 4 Blood, Clothing, and Shadows: Extending Notions of the Person in the Stories of Jairus and the Haemorrhaging Woman (Mark 5:21–43)  1 Mark 5:21–43 in Iihongo CCBIGs  2 Ethnographic Contextualisation  3 Iihongo Interpretations of Mark 5:21–43 in Dialogue with Feminist New Testament Scholarship  4 Conclusions 5 The Graves and Groves of Restless Spirits: Noctambulant Legion and the Living Landscape (Luke 8:26–39)  1 Luke 8:26–39 in Iihongo CCBIGs and the Ethnographic Context  2 Possession in (Ethnographic) Context: Noctambulant Legion in a ‘Living Landscape’  3 Luke 8:26–39 in Eurocentric New Testament Scholarship: Spirits and the Colonisers  4 Luke 8:26–39 in Eurocentric New Testament Scholarship: Spirits, Space, and Place  5 Conclusions 6 Commanding the Whirlwinds, Calming the Storm: Interactions with Nature ‘in Culture’ and ‘in Christianity’ (Mark 4:35–41 and 6:45–52)  1 Mark 4:35–41 and 6:45–52 in Iihongo CCBIGs  2 Ethnographic Contextualisation  3 Iihongo Interpretations of Mark 4:35–41 and 6:45–52 in Dialogue with Eurocentric New Testament Scholarship  4 Iihongo Interpretations of Mark 4:35–41 and 6:45–52 in Dialogue with Social-Scientific New Testament Scholarship  5 Conclusions 7 Jesus as Spirit, Jesus in the Spirit: Interpreting the Risen Jesus with Restless Spirits and Ancestors (Luke 24:1–49)  1 Luke 24:1–49 in Iihongo CCBIGs  2 Ethnographic Contextualisation  3 Iihongo Interpretations of Luke 24:1–49 in Dialogue with African Inculturation Christologies  4 Conclusions Conclusions  1 African Traditional Religion in Owamboland  2 Biblical Interpretation, Christianity, and African Traditional Religion in Owamboland Bibliography Index of Biblical Passages Index of Authors Index of Subjects

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Helen C. John is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, UK, having been awarded her Ph.D. there in 2016. She has published articles on Christianity and biblical interpretation in Owamboland, Namibia, as well as on Religious Education in the UK.

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