Colonialism and the Bible
Contemporary Reflections from the Global South
Contributions by Michel Elias Andraos, Nancy Elizabeth Bedford, Carlos F. Cardoza Orlandi, Eleazar S. Fernandez, Nami Kim, Hisako Kinukawa, Tat-siong Benny Liew, Safwat Marzouk, Dora Mbuwayasengo, Yael Munk, Kenneth Ngwa, Ivan Petrella, Mitri Raheb, yakiran Jayakiran Sebastian, Fernando F. Segovia, Jenny Te Paa Daniel, Vítor Westhelle Edited by Tat-siong Benny Liew, Fernando F. Segovia
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Publication date:
11 April 2018Length of book:
398 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498572767
This volume addresses the problematic relationship between colonialism and the Bible. It does so from the perspective of the Global South, calling upon voices from Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The contributors address the present state of the problematic relationship in their respective geopolitical and geographical contexts. In so doing, they provide sharp analyses of the past, the present, and the future: historical contexts and trajectories, contemporary legacies and junctures, and future projects and strategies. Taken together, the essays provide a rich and expansive comparative framework across the globe.
Biblical scholars and theologians from the so-called Third World have been researching the way the Bible has been (mis)understood and (mis)used in and outside the Churches during the Western colonial enterprise, but this volume is the first to investigate the issue thoroughly and comprehensively from the global perspective. Future studies of the mutual implication between the Bible and colonialism in Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean will benefit immensely from this landmark overview.