A postcolonial critical assessment of the Imago Dei in Gen 1:26-28 in Nigerian perspective

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dc.contributor.authorAhiamadu, Amadien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-20T08:50:05Z
dc.date.available2018-02-20T08:50:05Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionCITATION: Ahiamadu, A. 2010. A postcolonial critical assessment of the Imago Dei in Gen 1:26-28 in Nigerian perspective. Scriptura, 103:97-106, doi:10.7833/103-0-591.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
dc.description.abstractThe concept of ‘subdue the earth’ and of ‘dominion’ given a literal interpretation in the Priestly text of Gen 1:1-2:4a is linked to an interpretation of the ‘Imago Dei’ or the image likeness of God in Gen 1:26-28 to mean that humans occupy the unique role of ‘rulers’ of the earth under God. It has served the West as the ‘magna carta’ of imperial rule and neocolonial domination. A critical exegesis of the concept of ‘subdue’ and ‘rule’ in especially Gen 1:28 do reveals a more liberating conception of ‘imago Dei’ with implications for human rule and dominion. In this paper I have attempted to critically assess the imago Dei from the point of view of archaeology and Old Testament postcolonial critical exegesis through a re-reading of Gen 1:28 which, with an Ogba (African) based world-view, provides new insights for addressing the problem of oil exploration, exploration and exploitation in Nigeria’s Niger Delta.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/591
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.citationAhiamadu, A. 2010. A postcolonial critical assessment of the Imago Dei in Gen 1:26-28 in Nigerian perspective. Scriptura, 103:97-106, doi:10.7833/103-0-591en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2305-445X (online)
dc.identifier.issn0254-1807 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.7833/103-0-591
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/103152
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch University, Faculty of Theologyen_ZA
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dc.subjectBible. Genesis, I, 26-28 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.en_ZA
dc.subjectImage of God -- Biblical teachingen_ZA
dc.titleA postcolonial critical assessment of the Imago Dei in Gen 1:26-28 in Nigerian perspectiveen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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