Bible subversion : an ideology critique of the manner and motif behind the use of scriptures by politicians

dc.contributor.authorSpeckman, McGlory
dc.contributor.emailm.speckman@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-04T07:20:12Z
dc.date.available2016-11-04T07:20:12Z
dc.date.issued2016-09-30
dc.descriptionProf. Speckman is participating in the research project, ‘Studies on the Book of the Acts of the Apostles’, directed by Prof. Dr G. Steyn, Department of New Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe use of biblical texts by politicians in recent years has led to a proliferation of critical publications by biblical scholars. Some focus on reconstructing the rhetoric itself, others on analysing the historical context while others still, on why and how the scriptures are used. A lack of an ideology critique dimension makes these analyses appear to be naïve to the extent that they miss the element of the subversion of scriptures by politicians who use them. Biblical texts on the whole, are a product of an anti-establishment culture and where they are appropriated by the establishment, a hermeneutic of suspicion should apply. This paper utilises ideology critique as it reflects on the manner and motif behind the use of scriptures by politicians. It concludes that scriptures are subverted in order to force them to serve ideological ends.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentNew Testament Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSpeckman M., 2016, ‘Bible subversion: an ideology critique of the manner and motif behind the use of scriptures by politicians’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 72(1), a3185. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v72i1.3185.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v72i1.3185
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/57661
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectPoliticiansen_ZA
dc.subjectProliferationen_ZA
dc.subjectScripturesen_ZA
dc.subjectIdeologyen_ZA
dc.subjectBible subversion
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-05
dc.subject.otherSDG-05: Gender equality
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.titleBible subversion : an ideology critique of the manner and motif behind the use of scriptures by politiciansen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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