The Eye of the Storm
Bishop John William Colenso and the Crisis of Biblical Inspiration
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2003
408 pages
978-0-567-40158-8 (ISBN)
Description
One hundred years ago Bishop Colenso was excommunicated because of his liberal critical views on the inspiration and authority of the Bible. But while in South Africa he worked strenuously for social and political reform. 2003 will mark the revocation of his excommunication in a ceremony in South Africa and this book commemorates that event. It is divided into sections on African Culture, Bible, Theology and Social History and contains contribution from English, Dutch and South African scholars. It will appeal not only to the biblical scholar and Christian theologian but also to anyone interested in the 19th century conflict of theology and reason and the struggle against colonial exploitation.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-567-40158-8 (9780567401588)
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Jonathan A. Draper
The Eye of the Storm
Bishop John William Colenso and the Crisis of Biblical Inspiration
Book
02/2003
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
€377.70
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Jonathan A. Draper is Professor of New Testament in the School of Theology at the University of Natal.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I: BIBLE
- Colenso's First Attempt at Bible Translation in Zulu
- Colenso, John 1.1-18 and the Politics of Insider and Outsider-Translating
- Bishop Colenso and His Critics: The Strange Emergence of Biblical Criticism in Victorian Britain
- Colenso on Myth or Colenso as Myth: A Response to Timothy Larsen
- Colenso as Seen by Kuenen, and as Known from Colenso's Letters to Kuenen
- Colenso's Commentary on Romans: An Exegetical Assessment
- Part II: THEOLOGY
- Colenso in the World of Nineteenth-Century Intellectual Ferment
- The Pentateuch in Perspective: Bishop Colenso's Biblical Criticism in its Colonial Context
- Other Times and Other Customs: A Storm in a Victorian Teacup?
- Colenso the Sacramentalist
- Part III: EKUKHANYENI
- Success and Failure of 'Sokululeka': Bishop Colenso and African Education
- The Class of 1856 and the Politics of Cultural Production(s) in the Emergence of Ekukhanyeni, 1855-1910
- Colenso and the Emergence of an Indigenous Black Clergy in South Africa
- A Moment in the 'Long Conversation' between African Religion and Imperial Christianity: William Ngidi and John Colenso
- Part IV: FAMILY AND SOCIETY
- 'The Twin Pillars of Heathenism': American Missionaries, Bishop Colenso and Converts in Conflict-Polygamy and Ukulobola in Nineteenth-Century Natal and Zululand, South Africa
- John William Colenso and the Enigma of Polygamy
- The Trial of Bishop John William Colenso
- 'The Bravest Woman I Have Ever Known': Francis Colenso (1816-93)
- The Colenso Daughters: Three Women Confront Imperialism
- Part V: BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Bibliography of Colenso's Work and Publications on Colenso
- Cumulative Bibliography
- Index of Authors
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- Index of Subjects
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