Synopsis
The Postcolonial Church: Bible, Theology and Mission is an interdisciplinary project that uses a postcolonial reading lens to critique coloniality and misuse of power in the Kenyan Church as well as society. The authors discuss how power can be misused, causing untold violence against innocent victims. In the spirit of activism and social justice, the book calls for ending of violence against the so called Other in all its forms—including but not limited to political violence, religious violence, gender violence, and economic violence. Consequently, this book can be a resource for church leaders and social justice activists. It is also useful to scholars and students in the fields of Bible and Theology, political science, gender studies, racial/ethnic conflict management, and peace studies, among others.
About the Author
R.S. Wafula is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, USA. He is the author of Biblical Representations of Moab: A Kenyan Postcolonial Reading (2014), “I am what You are Not: A Critical Postcolonial Reading of the Africa Bible Commentary’s Abraham-Lot Stories in Genesis” that was published in Postcolonial Perspectives in African Biblical Interpretations, and “Power and Conflict Management: The Joban-God Talk” published in Narrative and Conflict: Explorations in Theory and Practice. Wafula obtained his PhD in Hebrew Bible at Drew University. Esther Mombo is the former Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) of St. Paul’s United Theological College in Limuru, Kenya, where she teaches church history and theologies from women’s perspectives, and interfaith courses. Mombo is also a member of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and writes on women’s issues, evangelism, HIV/AIDS, Christian-Muslim relations, and poverty in Africa. Mombo earned her B.D. from St. Paul's United Theological College, M.Phil. from Trinity College Dublin, and Ph.D. at Edinburgh University. She co-edited Disability, Society and Theology: Voices from Africa (2012). JOseph Wandera is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of theology, St Paul's University, Kenya. He completed his PhD at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Wandera is a co-founder of the Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations in Eastleigh (CCMRE) together with the Rev. Willem Jansen. He has written many journal articles, as well as co-edited Constitutional Review in Kenya and Kadhi's Courts and Christian-Muslim Co-exisitence in Eastern Africa.
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