02790ctm a22004577i 4500 18342379 20250312110456.0 ta 161013s2013 mnu b 001 0 eng d 2014469337 9780800698171 (hbk) 0800698177 (OCoLC)ocn798615961 BTCTA eng BTCTA rda YDXCP IMC OCLCO DRU BWX JES OCLCA BDX XPQ OCLCQ OCLCO DLC lccopycat f-rh--- BS2665.52 .K363 2013 Kamudzandu, Israel., author. Abraham our father : [manuscript] : Paul and the ancestors in postcolonial Africa / Israel Kamudzandu. Minneapolis: : Fortress press, 2013. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, [2013] xiv, 120 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Paul in critical contexts Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-113) and indexes. Empire, gospel and culture -- Zimbabwe's religious cultural configurations -- Postcolonial Shona Christianity -- Aeneas, a constructed ancestor -- Aeneas and Abraham paradigms -- Conclusions and implications. "'Father Abraham had many sons . . .' So goes the chorus that the Shona people learned from European missionaries as part of the broader experience of colonization that they share with other African peoples. Urged to abandon their ancestors and embrace Christianity, the Shona instead engaged in a complex and ambiguous negotiation of ancestral myths, culture, and power. Israel Kamudzandu explores this legacy, showing how the Shona found in the figure of Abraham himself a potent resource for cultural resistance, and makes intriguing comparisons with the ways the apostle Paul used the same figure in his interaction with the ancestry of Aeneas in imperial myths of the destiny of the Roman people. The result is a groundbreaking study that combines the best tradition-historical insights with postcolonial-critical acumen. Kamudzandu offers at last a model of multi-cultural Christianity forged in the experience of postcolonial Zimbabwe"--Publisher description. Abraham (Biblical patriarch) Biblical patriarch. Bible. Romans, IV Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible Romans, Criticism, interpretation, etc. Christianity Zimbabwe. Paul in critical contexts. 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 1 shelf copies policy default BK 22 6082 6082