Tongues as a Site of Subversion: An Analysis from the Perspective of Postcolonial Politics of Language

In this article I discuss the close relationship between colonialism and the expansion of language. Language is always politically contested. A language can become an international language today because it has a long history of colonization and subjugation of other groups of people. I analyze the s...

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Main Author: Tupamahu, Ekaputra (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Pneuma
Year: 2016, Volume: 38, Issue: 3, Pages: 293-311
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
CG Christianity and Politics
FD Contextual theology
KDG Free church
Further subjects:B Pentecostalism tongues glossolalia language politics postcolonialism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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