Gender, Coloniality, and Revelation

This article offers a decolonial feminist and affective reading of the book of Revelation. I examine how Revelation’s ‘marks’ can function as tools of social, political, and racial control by reinforcing insider/outsider boundaries and gendered hierarchies. This article also examines how Revelation’...

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Main Author: Yajenlemla (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2025, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 382-404
Further subjects:B feminist biblical criticism
B Revelation
B Decoloniality
B Gender
B Affect
B Asian biblical criticism
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Summary:This article offers a decolonial feminist and affective reading of the book of Revelation. I examine how Revelation’s ‘marks’ can function as tools of social, political, and racial control by reinforcing insider/outsider boundaries and gendered hierarchies. This article also examines how Revelation’s language of purity and exclusion can move through bodies and emotions, shaping lived experiences and communities.
ISSN:1745-5294
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0142064X251387683