Towards a re-reading of Colossians from an African American postcolonial perspective

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" Towards a re-reading of Colossians from an African American postcolonial perspective "
Tinsley, Annie

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Record Number	:	895020
Doc. No	:	TLets809264
Main Entry	:	University of Birmingham
Title & Author	:	Towards a re-reading of Colossians from an African American postcolonial perspective\ Tinsley, Annie
College	:	University of Birmingham
Date	:	2010
Degree	:	Thesis (Ph.D.)
student score	:	2010
Abstract	:	Essential information is often lost when in reading a piece of work the identity of an audience or the recipients is overlooked. The first hearers of the letter to the Colossians were a diverse group of people in a colonized country under the imperial rule of Rome in the first century. The writer of the letter addressed possible concerns presented to him from the evangelist, Epaphras, a native of Colossae. In identifying the audience whether they are first recipients or future readers, ideologies and theologies are discovered which add to the existing criticism genres. The process of identifying the audience allows one to reread the work through the lens of various peoples. This process also allows one to make comparisons between the various audiences. A comparison is made in this thesis between the 1st century readers and the enslaved Africans who lived on the continent of North America who were later exposed to concepts that stemmed from the letter. In viewing the identities of both groups the most damaging find was the derogatory labels placed on them. This thesis, an African American postcolonial re-reading of the letter to the Colossians, looks beyond the labels to ascertain the meaning of the Colossians letter, giving voices to each group.
Subject	:	BL Religion; BT Doctrinal Theology; GN Anthropology; DT Africa
Added Entry	:	University of Birmingham