R. S. Sugirtharajah

The Bible and the Third World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive history of the Bible in the Third World.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 583g
• ISBN-13: 9780521773355
• ISBN-10: 0521773350
• Artikelnr.: 33608515

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Precolonial Reception: 1. Before the empire
Part II. Colonial Embrace: 2. White men bearing gifts: diffusion of the Bible and scriptural imperialism
3. Reading back: resistance as a discursive practice
4. The colonialist as a contentious reader: Colenso and his hermeneutics
5. Textual pedlars: distributing salvation - colporteurs and their portable Bibles
Part III. Postcolonial Reclamations: 6. Desperately looking for the indigene: nativism and vernacular hermeneutics
7. Engaging liberation: texts as a vehicle of emancipation
8. Postcolonialising biblical interpretation
Afterword
Bibliography
Index of biblical references
Index of names and subjects.