{"product_id":"the-stolen-bible-gerald-o-west-9789004322752","title":"The Stolen Bible: From Tool of Imperialism to African Icon","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Stolen Bible\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how Southern Africans have interacted with the Bible from its arrival in Dutch imperial ships in the mid-1600s through to contemporary post-apartheid South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stolen Bible\u003c\/i\u003e emphasises African agency and distinguishes between African receptions of the Bible and African receptions of missionary-colonial Christianity. Through a series of detailed historical, geographical, and hermeneutical case-studies the book analyses Southern African receptions of the Bible, including the earliest African encounters with the Bible, the translation of the Bible into an African language, the appropriation of the Bible by African Independent Churches, the use of the Bible in the Black liberation struggle, and the ways in which the Bible is embodied in the lives of ordinary Africans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald O. West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004322752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004322752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2017","brand":"Gerald O. West","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47136558809343,"sku":"9789004322752","price":247.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60e089f0-4537-45e0-8023-3a66849b98f3.jpg?v=1755023713","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-stolen-bible-gerald-o-west-9789004322752","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}