Faith and Freedom in Galatia and Senegal
Author | : Aliou Cissé Niang |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004175228 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004175229 |
Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Faith and Freedom in Galatia and Senegal" reads Galatians 2:11-15 and 3:26-29 through the lens of the 19th-20th century experiences of French colonialism by the Diola people in Senegal, West Africa, and portrays the Apostle Paul as a "'sociopostcolonial hermeneut who acted on his self-understanding as God s messenger to create, through faith in the cross of Christ, free communities' -- a self-definition that is critical of ancient Graeco-Roman and modern colonial lore that justify colonization as a divine mandate." Aliou C. Niang ingeniously compares the colonial objectification of his own people by French colonists to the Graeco-Roman colonial objectifications of the ancient Celts/Gauls/Galatians, and Paul's role in bringing about a different portrayal.