Brett, Mark G.

Decolonizing god : the Bible in the tides of empire / Mark G. Brett. - Sheffield : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008. - 237 p. ; 25 cm. - The Bible in the modern world, 16 1747-9630 ; .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-224) and indexes.

The Bible and colonization -- Alienating earth and the curse of empires -- Ancestors and their gifts -- Pigs, pots and cultural hybrids -- Deuteronomy, genocide and the desires of nations -- Dissident prophets and the making of utopias -- Exile and ethnic conflict -- Jesus, non-violence and the Christ question -- Paul and hybrid Christian identities -- Postcolonial theology and ethics.

1906055378 9781906055370

2009379732


Bible--Postcolonial criticism.


Religion and ethics.
Decolonization.

BS520 / .B694 2008

220.6