The Poisonwood Bible Summary

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Katongole, in discussing both The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and The Faces of Jesus in Africa by Robert J. Schreiter, addresses Kingsolver’s central women as symbolic of the varying churches entering Africa – Orleanna being the church of the silenced and underappreciated women, Leah as the church of conversions and compassion, Rachel as the church of the rich and elite, Adah as the church of the observant, and Ruth May as the church of martyrs. With these views of the church also come views of Christ, with Jesus being seen as “Master of Initiation,” “Chief,” “Elder Brother,” and “Brother-Ancestor” (Katongole). These conflicting forms of Christ-figures and churches recognize the conflict between American Christianity and African
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