Kinyua, Johnson Kiriaku,  1967- <br/><br/>
Introducing ordinary African readers' hermeneutics  a case study of the Agĩkũyũ encounter with the Bible /  [electronic resource] : 
Johnson Kĩriakũ Kĩnyua. 
 - Oxford [England] ;  New York :  Peter Lang,  c2011. 
 - xiv, 371 p. 
 - Religions and discourse,  v. 54  1422-8998 ; .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Biblical hermeneutics and postcolonial theory -- Bible and colonial identities: colonial constructions, representations and marginality -- Location of culture in the colonial hermeneutics: ambivalence, mimicry, and hybridity -- Bible translation and the discourse of colonalism: the Gĩkũyũ Bible -- The role of common sense hermeneutics: the translated texts and the types of reading -- Resistance as a discursive practice -- The discourse of resistance and the "hidden transcript": the revival option -- Towards an ordinary African readers' hermeneutics -- General conclusion. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Africa.<br/>Bible--Hermeneutics.<br/>Bible--Versions, African.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Kikuyu (African people)--Religion.<br/>Christianity--Kenya.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS511.3  / .K575 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>220.60967