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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade ReviewBiblical 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. -- Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University
This engaging and eminently readable volume goes a long way to clarify the complicated story of the Bible’s involvement both in colonization and emancipation. It is a must-read for anyone grappling with old and new empires. The essays provide a valuable primer on colonial/postcolonial discourse analysis. -- R. S. Sugirtharajah, University of Birmingham
In this timely volume of largely socio-cultural critical essays, and in the tradition of liberationist, postcolonial, and decolonizing discourses and movements, scholars who represent the Global South tease out the multifaceted, ambiguous, and complex intersections between colonialism and the Christian Bible. -- Jeremy Punt, University of Stellenbosch
Table of ContentsIntroductions Colonialism and the Bible: A Critical Stock-taking from the Global South Fernando F. Segovia Bible and Colonialism: What Does the New Testament Really Say? Tat-siong Benny Liew Part I Africa and the Middle East 1. Interrogating Identity: A Christian Egyptian Reading of the Hagar-Ishmael Traditions Safwat Marzouk 2. The Bible as Tool of Colonization: The Zimbabwean Context Dora Mbuwayesango 3. Postwar Hermeneutics: Bible and Colony-Related Necropolitics Kenneth Ngwa 4. The Bible as a De-colonial Tool for Palestinian Christians Today Michael Elias Andraos 5. Israeli Cinema's Interpretations of the Biblical Imperative of Colonization Yael Munk 6. Towards a Post-Colonial Hermeneutics for the Palestinian Context Mitri Raheb Part II Asia and the Pacific 7. Colonial Storms and Postcolonial Moves: Exploring Alternative Filipino Biblical Hermeneutics Eleazar S. Fernandez 8. Carrying Out “The Great Commission” until the “Second Coming of Christ”?: Overseas Mission Currents in the Context of U.S. Military Imperialism Nami Kim 9. The Jesuit Missionary Enterprise: Christianity, Slave Trade, and Gun Powder Enter Japan Hisako Kinukawa 10. Evoking the Bible at a Funeral in an Indian-Christian Community J. Jayakiran Sebastian 11. Bible and Colonization: Aotearoa New Zealand Jenny Te Paa Daniel Part III Latin America and the Caribbean 12. The Most Burning of Lavas: The Bible in Latin America Nancy Elizabeth Bedford 13. La biblia, la mar y el Caribe / The Bible, the Sea, and the Caribbean: Late 19th to Early 21st Century Carlos F. Cardoza Orlandi 14. Without the Bible: A New Liberation Theology Ivan Petrella 15. Transfiguration: The Figural Approach to Reading the Bible in Latin America Vítor Westhelle
