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Bible And Empire

Postcolonial Explorations

by R. S. Sugirtharajah (university Of Birmingham)

  • Hardback
  • 254 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

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At a time of renewed interest in Empire, this stimulating volume explores the complex relationship between the Bible and the colonial enterprise, and examines some overlooked aspects of this relationship. These include unconventional retellings of the gospel story of Jesus by Thomas Jefferson and Raja Rammohun Roy; the fate of biblical texts when marshalled by Victorian preachers to strengthen British imperial intentions after the India uprising of 1857; the cultural-political use of the Christian Old Testament, first by the invaders to attack temple practices and rituals, then by the invaded to endorse the temple heritage scorned by missionaries; the dissident hermeneutics of James Long and William Colenso confronting and compromising with colonial ambitions; and finally the subtly seditious deployment of biblical citations in two colonial novels. This innovative book offers both practical and theoretical insights and provides compelling evidence of the continuing importance of postcolonial discourse for biblical studies.
Bible And Empire and Postcolonial Criticism and Biblical Interpretation
Postcolonial Criticism and Biblical InterpretationBible And Empire

  • Author

    R. S. Sugirtharajah (university Of Birmingham)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2005

  • Weight

    445g

  • Page Count

    254

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521824934

  • ISBN-10

    0521824931

  • Eden Code

    1007748

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