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DECOLONIZING AFRICAN BIBLICAL STUDIES The 7th INAUGURAL LECTURES OF DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA DELIVERED BY The Rev Prof. David Tuesday Adamo Department of Religious STUDIES The Vice- Chancellor The Principal Officers Deans of Faculties Professors Archbishops and Bishops Men and Women of God The Military Officers Hon. Commissioners The Royal Highnesses The Counselors Members of Academia, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen INTRODUCTION I give thanks to God for the opportunity to deliver the first inaugural lecture from the Department of Religious STUDIES , the second in the Faculty of Arts, and the 7th in Delta State University, Abraka. I know that the Lord has been good to me because I thought I would have been buried long time ago. I say, ; ~l'A[l. yK His mercy endures forever (Psalm 136). This title looks some how but I deliberately chose it because of my experience during my training and my practice of scholarship.]

4 without references to or dependent on a particular cultural code, thought patterns, or social location of the interpreter. 5 There is no individual who is completely detached from everything in his or

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