Introduction
Imperialism and its Impact on Africa
Exodus!
Rahab
Matthew!
100
What is Imperialism?
Imperialism- process of building an empire through the imposition of political, economic and social institutions of one nation over a foreign one
100
Name 4 of the 7 areas most effected by colonialism.
Areas most affected include: land race power readers international connectedness contemporary history gender
100
He was supposed to be the new Moses.
Who is Jesus?
100
Who is Rahab?
- Book of Exodus, harlet - Betrayed her people, helped the Israelites into Canaan.
100
Does Matthew take a stance against the Roman Empire?
No, he supports the Empire and wants to appear faithful to it
200
Define postcolonial.
Postcolonial- to literary theories developed from studying literature and its participation in imperialism
200
“Women in the colonized spaces not only suffer the yoke of colonial oppression but also endure the burden of two patriarchal systems imposed on them” Which of the 7 areas does this most fit under?
Gender!
200
He serves as the authority figure that allows the Israelites to invade the Promised Land.
Who is God?
200
Define "doubly colonized."
Women who are subject to colonialist motives and patriarchal motives.
200
Which Old Testament figures are used to authorize foreign travel?
Abraham, Moses, David
300
Define Patriarchalism.
Patriarchalism- subjugation faced as a result of male dominance born from the notion as man being elevated in society
300
Who is Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and what does she focus on?
-Western biblical Scholar -She focuses on missionary stories of travel and their ideology.
300
This man actually leads the Israelites into the Promised Land.
Who is Joshua?
300
Define 2/3 world women.
Those women who are not considered to live in "First World Countries" that are often considered doubly colonized.
300
To which two Gentiles does Jesus give "divergent responses?"
The Roman Centurion and Canaanite woman
400
Where is Musa Dube a professor?
Professor at the University of Botswana
400
The _________ of women embraces equality, solidarity, and inclusivity (Dube, 31)
ekklesia
400
This group of people ends up being enslaved by the Israelites.
Who are the Gibeonites?
400
What is Rahab's Prism?
The ability to look at a character or concept from more than one perspective.
400
Which passage in Matthew employs gender images of subjugation?
The faith of a Canaanite woman
500
A post-colonial feminist is…
“those who demonstrate awareness of imperialism’s pervasive exploitative forces...and who demonstrate a genuine search for liberating ways of interdependence between nations, races, ethnicities, classes, genders, and sexual religious orientations.” (Dube 43)
500
define pneumatology.
A discursive and existential articulation of human experience in terms of the place and role of God's Spirit in the church.
500
The Israelites were allowed to make covenants with these foreign gods.
What is no gods?
500
Give 2 conditions for "God, Gold and Glory."
1. Authorizing travel through divine claims 2. Representing foreign people and land as needing heroes and their nations 3. Resenting colonizing forces as superior and favored by deities 4. Uses gender to support claim
500
Why does Matthew take "Partnership Approach"?
To appear faithful to authority and gain the favor of the Roman Empire
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