‘Flood this Nation with the Bible’: Rev. Godfridah Sumaili, Politics and the People’s Bible in Zambia
Ever since the Declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation in 1991, the Bible has become foundational in the public of life, and often cited in public debates. This article employs symbolic power as an analytical tool to examine Sumaili’s state theology of the Bible which politicized and reduced the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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International journal of public theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 98-116 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDG Free church NCC Social ethics NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
symbolic violence
B Sumaili B state theology of the Bible B Politics B Pentecostal public theology of the people’s Bible |
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| Summary: | Ever since the Declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation in 1991, the Bible has become foundational in the public of life, and often cited in public debates. This article employs symbolic power as an analytical tool to examine Sumaili’s state theology of the Bible which politicized and reduced the Bible in the public into a state apparatus for defining, shaping, and determining the meaning and content for governing Zambia. It proposes a Pentecostal public theology of the people’s Bible as a site of struggle against politics of dehumanization, oppression, exploitation, and systematic inequalities. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of public theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-20230072 |