Decolonizing god
Subtitle: the Bible in the tides of empire
By: Mark G. Brett.
Series: The Bible in the modern world -- 16
Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sheffield
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781906055370
Subjects: Bible -- Postcolonial criticism; Religion and ethics; Decolonization
Description: "For centuries, the Bible has been used by colonial powers to undergird their imperial designs - an ironic situation when so much of the Bible was conceived by way of resistance to empires. In this thoughtful book, Mark Brett draws upon his experience of the colonial heritage in Australia to identify a remarkable range of areas where God needs to be decolonized - freed from the bonds of the colonial." "Writing in a context where landmark legal cases have ruled that Indigenous (Aboriginal) rights have been 'washed away by the tide of history', Brett re-examines land rights in the biblical traditions, Deuteronomy's genocidal imagination, and other key topics in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament where the effects of colonialism can be traced. Drawing out the implications for theology and ethics, this book provides a comprehensive new proposal for addressing the legacies of colonialism." --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-224) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The Bible and colonization; title: Alienating earth and the curse of empires; title: Ancestors and their gifts; title: Pigs, pots and cultural hybrids; title: Deuteronomy, genocide and the desires of nations; title: Dissident prophets and the making of utopias; title: Exile and ethnic conflict; title: Jesus, non-violence and the Christ question; title: Paul and hybrid Christian identities; title: Postcolonial theology and ethics.