Decolonial theory and biblical unreading: delinking biblical criticism from coloniality
"Postcolonial theory in the mode of Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak, and, above all, Homi Bhabha has long been a resource for biblical scholars concerned with empire and imperialism, colonialism and neocolonialism. Outside biblical studies, however, postcolonial theory is increasingly eclipsed by d...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Brill research perspectives in biblical interpretation
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Colonialism
/ Postcolonialism
/ Neo-colonialism
/ Biblical studies
/ Mark
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| Further subjects: | B
Authority
Religious aspects
History of doctrines
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| Summary: | "Postcolonial theory in the mode of Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak, and, above all, Homi Bhabha has long been a resource for biblical scholars concerned with empire and imperialism, colonialism and neocolonialism. Outside biblical studies, however, postcolonial theory is increasingly eclipsed by decolonial theory with its key concepts of the coloniality of power, decoloniality, and epistemic delinking. Decolonial theory begs a radical reconception of the origins of critical biblical scholarship; invites a delinking of biblical interpretation from the colonial matrix of power; and provides resources for doing so, as this book demonstrates through a decolonial (un)reading of the Gospel of Mark"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 133 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9004695494 |