Postcolonial Criticism and Biblical Interpretation [Paperback]

This stimulating study explores the implications of postcolonial criticism for biblical studies. Sugirtharajah provides a comprehensive overview of the origins, definitions, and procedures of postcolonial criticism, followed by a discussion of its significance in biblical interpretation. He reveals how postcolonial criticism can offer new perspectives to our understanding of the Bible and of how Western Imperialism has shaped Christianity.

Introduction
I. Postcolonial construals
1. Charting the aftermath: a review of postcolonial criticism
2. Redress, regeneration, redemption: a survey of biblical interpretation
3. Coding and decoding: postcolonial theory and biblical interpretation
4. Convergent trajectories? Liberation hermeneutics and postcolonial biblical criticism
II. Postcolonial preoccupations
5. The version on which the sun never sets: the English Bible and its authorizing tendencies
6. Blotting the master's copy: locating bible translations
7. Hermeneutics in transit: diaspora and interpretations
Afterword
Bibliography