Photo consists of twenty-three women, including the Principal, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes A. Turner, F. Jones, Collins [IRS], A. Robinson, A. Taylor [IRS], K. Kelly, G. Clark, D. Shea, Mrs. Simpson, Baldry, H. Emery, M. Macrae [IRS], T.A. Connell, K. Sprackett, M. Watts [China], Mrs. Gibson, Jay, E. Horner, J. Munro, H. James, E. Day, M. Tomkin, Y. Burdon.
Photo consists of twenty-two women, including the Principal, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes Spencer, A. Turner, F. Hawkins [Japan], J. Munro, A. Taylor [IRS], G. Clark, V. Smith, A. Robinson, A. Reynolds [IRS], E. Jay, E. Thompson, E. Emery, H. Emery, T.A. Connell, K. Sprackett, E. Horner, Rumsey, W. Pearse, E. Days, G. Morton, D. Shea, G. Baldry.
"This volume of [13] essays [by 11 contributors], the first of its kind, highlights some of the unique ways in which African women read and interpret the Bible in their diverse historical and cultural contexts. Early Bible translation and interpretation in Africa was carried out primarily by foreign missionaries and so was deeply influenced by patriarchal and colonial ideologies. .... This book provides important new tools and resources for the study of the Bible in Africa, complements the work of Western feminist and womanist theologians and biblical scholars, and embodies postcolonial scholarly concern to take seriously `other' ways of reading. The result is a significant contribution to global biblical scholarship and hermeneutical reflection". -- back cover.
Contents divided into six sections: Storytelling Methods and Interpretations -- Patriarchal and Colonizing Translations -- Reading with and from Non-Academic Readers -- Womanhood and Womanist Methods -- The Divination Method of Interpretation -- In Response.
"This volume of [13] essays [by 11 contributors], the first of its kind, highlights some of the unique ways in which African women read and interpret the Bible in their diverse historical and cultural contexts. Early Bible translation and interpretation in Africa was carried out primarily by foreign missionaries and so was deeply influenced by patriarchal and colonial ideologies. .... This book provides important new tools and resources for the study of the Bible in Africa, complements the work of Western feminist and womanist theologians and biblical scholars, and embodies postcolonial scholarly concern to take seriously 'other' ways of reading. The result is a significant contribution to global biblical scholarship and hermeneutical reflection". -- back cover.
Contents: Acknowledgement dated Geneva, January 29, 2001 / Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro, Circle Coordinator -- Introduction / Musa W. Dube -- Storytelling Methods and Interpretations -- 1. I Am the Woman / Rose Teteki Abbey -- 2. Esther and Northern Sotho Stories: An African-South African Woman's Commentary / Mmadipoane (Ngwana 'Mphahlele) Masenya -- 3. Fifty Years of Bleeding: A Storytelling Feminist Reading of Mark 5: 24-43 / Musa W. Dube -- Patriarchal and Colonizing Translations -- 4. How Local Divine Powers Were Suppressed: A Case of Mwari of the Shona / Dora R. Mbuwayesango -- 5. Translating the Divine: The Case of Modimo in the Setswana Bible / Gomang Seratwa Ntloedibe-Kuswani -- Reading with and from Non-Academic Readers -- 6. Cultural Hermeneutics: An African Contribution / Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro -- 7. Toward a Post-apartheid Black Feminist Reading of the Bible: A Case of Luke 2: 36-38 / Gloria Kehilwe Plaatjie -- Womanhood and Womanist Methods -- 8. A Bosadi (Womanhood) Reading of Proverbs 31: 10-31 / Mmadipoane (Ngwana 'Mphahlele) Masenya -- 9. A South African Indian Womanist Reading of the Character of Ruth / Sarojini Nadar -- The Divination Method of Interpretation -- 10. Divining Ruth for International Relations / Musa W. Dube -- In Response -- 11. A North American Feminist Response / Phyllis A. Bird -- 12. The Bible and African Christianity: A Curse or a Blessing ? / Nyambura J. Njoroge -- 13. African "Ruths", Ruthless Africas: Reflections on an African Mordecai / Tinyiko S. Maluleke -- List of Contributors.