Postcolonial Criticism and Biblical Interpretation

by R. S. Sugirtharajah

Overview

This stimulating study explores the implications of postcolonial criticism for biblical studies. Sugirtharajah provides a comprehensive overview of the origins, definitions, and procedures of postcolonial criticism, followed by a discussion of its significance in biblical interpretation. He reveals how postcolonial criticism can offer new perspectives to our understanding of the Bible and of how Western Imperialism has shaped Christianity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198752691
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/20/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	9.16(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

University of Birmingham

Table of Contents

IntroductionI. Postcolonial construals1. Charting the aftermath: a review of postcolonial criticism2. Redress, regeneration, redemption: a survey of biblical interpretation3. Coding and decoding: postcolonial theory and biblical interpretation4. Convergent trajectories? Liberation hermeneutics and postcolonial biblical criticismII. Postcolonial preoccupations5. The version on which the sun never sets: the English Bible and its authorizing tendencies6. Blotting the master's copy: locating bible translations7. Hermeneutics in transit: diaspora and interpretationsAfterwordBibliography