Colonialism and the Bible

Tat-siong Benny Liew is Class of 1956 Professor in New Testament Studies at the College of the Holy Cross.Fernando F. Segovia is Oberlin Graduate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Vanderbilt University.

The emanation of the contributions from very different socio-political settings ensures a great variety of approaches. The project also demonstrates clearly the usefulness and adaptability of the late Michael Prior’s work on the Palestinian question and his unquestionable influence on all the authors and editors of the book.

• IntroductionsColonialism and the Bible: A Critical Stock-taking from the Global SouthFernando F. SegoviaBible and Colonialism: What Does the New Testament Really Say?Tat-siong Benny LiewPart I Africa and the Middle East1. Interrogating Identity: A Christian Egyptian Reading of the Hagar-Ishmael TraditionsSafwat Marzouk2. The Bible as Tool of Colonization: The Zimbabwean ContextDora Mbuwayesango3. Postwar Hermeneutics: Bible and Colony-Related NecropoliticsKenneth Ngwa4. The Bible as a De-colonial Tool for Palestinian Christians TodayMichael Elias Andraos5. Israeli Cinema's Interpretations of the Biblical Imperative of ColonizationYael Munk6. Towards a Post-Colonial Hermeneutics for the Palestinian ContextMitri RahebPart II Asia and the Pacific7. Colonial Storms and Postcolonial Moves: Exploring Alternative Filipino Biblical HermeneuticsEleazar S. Fernandez8. Carrying Out “The Great Commission” until the “Second Coming of Christ”?: Overseas Mission Currents in the Context of U.S. Military ImperialismNami Kim9. The Jesuit Missionary Enterprise: Christianity, Slave Trade, and Gun Powder Enter JapanHisako Kinukawa10. Evoking the Bible at a Funeral in an Indian-Christian CommunityJ. Jayakiran Sebastian11. Bible and Colonization: Aotearoa New ZealandJenny Te Paa DanielPart III Latin America and the Caribbean12. The Most Burning of Lavas: The Bible in Latin AmericaNancy Elizabeth Bedford13. La biblia, la mar y el Caribe / The Bible, the Sea, and the Caribbean: Late 19th to Early 21st CenturyCarlos F. Cardoza Orlandi14. Without the Bible: A New Liberation TheologyIvan Petrella15. Transfiguration: The Figural Approach to Reading the Bible in Latin AmericaVítor Westhelle