The interpretation of the Bible is intricately interwoven with the
history of and rhetoric of European colonization. During the modern
era, the traditions of biblical interpretation played a crucial
framing role in the emergence of industrialized nation-states, the
capitalist mode of production, and the colonial enterprises of
European powers. While the Bible has been used to justify the power
of ruling classes and dominating nations, it has also been a source
of liberative and resistant political discourse. In this book,
Niall McKay uses the tools of literary materialism to read the
gospel of Mark and build upon the representational epistemology and
patterns of interpretation of the rich Marxism of the Frankfurt
school. This reading is framed against and around the liberative
biblical movements of late colonial and post-colonial South Africa
in order to develop "ways of reading" which are generative of
liberation. As a consequence, the author makes a valuable
contribution to an ongoing politics and practice of resistance that
is attentive to issues of religious collaboration, liberation,
colonialism, and the ends of late capitalism.
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