Exploring Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: History, Method, Practice / Edition 1

by R. S. Sugirtharajah

Overview

Exploring Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: History, Method, Practice offers a concise and multifaceted overview of the origins, development, and application of postcolonial criticism to biblical studies.

• Offers a concise and accessible introduction to postcolonial biblical studies
• Provides a comprehensive overview of postcolonial studies by one of the field's most prominent figures
• Explains one of the most innovative and important developments in modern biblical studies
• Accessible enough to appeal to general readers interested in religion

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781405158565
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	05/02/2011
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

R. S. Sugirtharajah has published widely on biblical interpretation and especially on the intersection between postcolonialism and biblical studies. His publications include, Postcolonial Criticism and Biblical Interpretation (2002), Postcolonial Reconfigurations (2003), The Bible and Empire (2005), Postcolonial Biblical Reader (2006), Still at the Margins (2006), Voices from the Margin (1995, 2006), and Troublesome Texts (2008).

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

1 Postcolonialism: Hermeneutical Journey through a Contentious Discourse 7

2 The Late Arrival of the “Post”: Postcolonialism and Biblical Studies 31

3 Postcolonial Biblical Studies in Action: Origins and Trajectories 57
Ralph Broadbent

4 Enduring Orientalism: Biblical Studies and the Repackaging of Colonial Practice 94

5 Postcolonial Moments: Decentering of the Bible and Christianity 123

6 The Empire Exegetes Back: Postcolonial Reading Practices 142

7 Afterword: Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: The Unfinished Journey 176

References 188

Index of Scriptural References 201

Index of Names and Subjects 204

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"R. S. Sugirtharajah has not only been the inaugurator of postcolonial biblical criticism but also its most prolific practitioner. His latest book may well turn out to be his most important: a textbook introduction to the field that is eminently accessible to novices, yet so expansive, challenging and profound that old hands will also learn enormously from it."
—Stephen D. Moore, Professor of New Testament Studies, The Theological School, Drew University

"Sugi is at it again—he has put before his readers another well-written, compellingly-argued, fascinating and challenging read. Anyone interested in critical biblical studies—biblical studies that analyzes its own operations and agenda in a fraught postcolonial situation—in the early twenty-first century will need to take Sugirtharajah’s work very seriously. This book is from my point of view the new starting point for debates and conversations and proposals about postcolonial biblical criticism—and beyond—in the decade ahead."
—Vincent L Wimbush, Institute for Signifying Scriptures, Claremont Graduate University

Editorial Reviews

This book is brilliantly presented with appropriate biblical texts and hermeneutical insights.”  (Theology, 1 May 2012)

"The book is written by the foremost scholar in this discipline, with an added chapter by, presumably, one of his students to reinforce the point." (Church Times, 21 October 2011)

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