The Bible and empire: postcolonial explorations
At a time of renewed interest in Empire, this stimulating volume explores the complex relationship between the Bible and the colonial enterprise, and examines some overlooked aspects of this relationship. These include unconventional retellings of the gospel story of Jesus by Thomas Jefferson and Ra...
| Autres titres: | The Bible & Empire |
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| Auteur principal: | |
| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2005.
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| Dans: | Année: 2005 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Herméneutique
/ Bibel
/ Postcolonialisme
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| Classifications IxTheo: | HA Bible |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Christianity and politics
Colonies (Great Britain)
History
B Bible Use History B Christianity and politics ; Colonies ; Great Britain ; History B Great Britain ; Colonies ; Religion B Bible ; Use ; History B Great Britain Colonies Religion |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
Print version: 9780521824934 |
| Résumé: | At a time of renewed interest in Empire, this stimulating volume explores the complex relationship between the Bible and the colonial enterprise, and examines some overlooked aspects of this relationship. These include unconventional retellings of the gospel story of Jesus by Thomas Jefferson and Raja Rammohun Roy; the fate of biblical texts when marshalled by Victorian preachers to strengthen British imperial intentions after the India uprising of 1857; the cultural-political use of the Christian Old Testament, first by the invaders to attack temple practices and rituals, then by the invaded to endorse the temple heritage scorned by missionaries; the dissident hermeneutics of James Long and William Colenso confronting and compromising with colonial ambitions; and finally the subtly seditious deployment of biblical citations in two colonial novels. This innovative book offers both practical and theoretical insights and provides compelling evidence of the continuing importance of postcolonial discourse for biblical studies. |
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| Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511614551 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511614552 |