For centuries, the Bible has been used by colonial powers to
undergird their imperial designs--an ironic situation when so much
of the Bible was conceived by way of resistance to empires. In this
thoughtful book, Mark Brett draws upon his experience of the
colonial heritage in Australia to identify a remarkable range of
areas where God needs to be decolonized--freed from the bonds of
the colonial. Writing in a context where landmark legal cases have
ruled that Indigenous (Aboriginal) rights have been 'washed away by
the tide of history', Brett re-examines land rights in the biblical
traditions, Deuteronomy's genocidal imagination, and other key
topics in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament where the
effects of colonialism can be traced. Drawing out the implications
for theology and ethics, this book provides a comprehensive new
proposal for addressing the legacies of colonialism. A
ground-breaking work of scholarship that makes a major intervention
into post-colonial studies. This book confirms the relevance of
post-colonial theory to biblical scholarship and provides an
exciting and original approach to biblical interpretation. Bill
Ashcroft, University of Hong Kong and University of New South
Wales; author of The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in
Post-Colonial Literatures (2002). Acutely sensitive to the
historical as well as theological complexity of the Bible, Mark
Brett's Decolonizing God brilliantly demonstrates the value of a
critical assessment of the Bible as a tool for rethinking
contemporary possibilities. The contribution of this book to
ethical and theological discourse in a global perspective and to a
politics of hope is immense. Tamara C. Eskenazi, Hebrew Union
College, Los Angeles; editor of The Torah: A Women's Commentary
(2007).
General
| Imprint: |
Sheffield Phoenix Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2009 |
| First published: |
October 2009 |
| Authors: |
Mark G. Brett
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
248 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-906055-89-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-906055-89-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781906055899 |
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