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Jesus and the Stigmatized - Reading the Gospel of John in a Context of HIV/AIDS-Related Stigmatization in Tanzania (Paperback)
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Jesus and the Stigmatized - Reading the Gospel of John in a Context of HIV/AIDS-Related Stigmatization in Tanzania (Paperback)
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Synopsis: Biblical scholars often read the Bible with their own
interpretive interests in mind, without associating the Bible with
the concerns of laypeople. This largely undermines the
contributions laypeople can offer from reading the Bible in their
own contexts and from their own life experiences. Moreover, such
exclusively scholarly reading conceals the role of biblical texts
in dealing with current social problems, such as HIV/AIDS-related
stigmatization. Hence, the lack of lay participation in the process
of Bible reading makes the Bible less visible in various common
life situations. In this volume Elia Shabani Mligo draws on his
fieldwork among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Tanzania,
selects stigmatization as his perspective, and chooses
participant-centered contextual Bible study as his method to argue
that the reading of texts from the Gospel of John by PLWHA (given
their lived experiences of stigmatization) empowers them to reject
stigmatization as unjust. Mligo's study shows that Christian PLWHA
reject stigmatization because it does not comply with the attitude
of Jesus toward stigmatized groups in his own time. The theology
emerging from the readings by stigmatized PLWHA, through their
evaluation of Jesus' attitudes and acts toward stigmatized people
in the texts, challenges churches in their obligatory mission as
disciples of Jesus. Churches are challenged to reconsider healing,
hospitality and caring, prophetic voices against stigmatization,
and the way they teach about HIV and AIDS in relation to sexuality.
Churches must revisit their practices toward stigmatized groups and
listen to their voices. Mligo argues that participant-centered
Bible-study methods similar to the one used in this book (whereby
stigmatized people are the primary interlocutors in the process)
can be useful tools in listening to the voices of stigmatized
groups. Endorsements: "Elia Shabani Mligo's own profound knowledge
about the situation of people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania is
balanced with a comprehensive and informed reflection on the
complex phenomenon of stigmatization. He convincingly shows how
reading the Bible can be a resource toward dignity for marginalized
people. The book is highly valuable both in regard to the concrete
topic discussed--HIV/AIDS and stigmatization--and for those who
want to do Bible studies in a broader context than the academia."
--Helge S. Kvanvig University of Oslo "One of Elia Shabani Mligo's
most important contributions to the discussion of overcoming the
scandal of stigmatization to PLWHA is his insistence that it is
achievable. Here he makes his powerful, prophetic, and deep case
for laypeople in faith communities and their leaders to be engaged
in ending the stigmatization in our society. This is a gem of a
book that I am delighted to endorse because it tells the truth in
ways that empower." --Lechion Peter Kimilike Njombe University
College Project Author Biography: Elia Shabani Mligo is Principal
of Kidugala Theological College, in Njombe, Tanzania. He is
currently an employee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Tanzania in the Southern Diocese.
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