Bishop John Colenso

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gptkbp:instanceOf Bishop
gptkbp:advocatesFor Social justice
Women's rights in the church
Native_rights_in_South_Africa
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:University_of_Cape_Town
gptkb:Natal_University
gptkbp:birthDate 1814-01-24
gptkbp:birthPlace St._Austell,_Cornwall,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:Henry_Colenso
gptkbp:contributedTo Missionary_work_in_South_Africa
Cultural_exchange_between_Britain_and_South_Africa
gptkbp:contribution Education_in_Natal
gptkbp:controversy Evolution and creationism
gptkbp:criticism British_colonial_policies
gptkbp:deathDate 1883-06-20
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Durban,_South_Africa
gptkbp:founded Colenso_High_School
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bishop John Colenso
gptkbp:influenced Liberation theology
Ecumenical movements
Modern biblical scholarship
African_theology
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Henry_Newman
gptkbp:knownFor Criticism_of_Biblical_literalism
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:members gptkb:Church_of_the_Province_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:notableWork The_Pentateuch_and_the_Book_of_Joshua_Critically_Examined
gptkbp:occupation Theologian
gptkbp:opposedBy Racial discrimination
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Bishop_of_Natal
gptkbp:publishedBy Theological essays
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Anglican_Communion
Pioneering work in biblical criticism
South_African_government_for_contributions_to_education.
gptkbp:religion Anglicanism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_Colenso
gptkbp:supported gptkb:Zulu_people
Interfaith dialogue
Education for indigenous people
gptkbp:wrote Commentary on the Book of Exodus
Commentary on the Book of Leviticus
Commentary on the Book of Numbers
Commentary_on_the_Book_of_Deuteronomy
Commentary_on_the_Book_of_Genesis
The_History_of_the_Zulu_War
The_Zulu_War_and_its_Consequences