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The New Testament: A Postcolonial Introduction
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Hardcover
from John Wiley & Son Ltd (November 7, 2014)
9781405117548 | details & prices | 240 pages | List price $99.95
Paperback
from John Wiley & Son Ltd (November 7, 2014)
9781405117555 | details & prices | 240 pages | List price $26.65
About: The volume will look at the new Testament texts, investigating how they relate to the colonial context out ofwhich they emerge; how they advocate and foster colonial practices; how theytransgress colonial notions of the time; how these texts in turn wereemployed to sustain and legitimise modern colonialism; how translationpractice reinforced colonial expansion and domination, and how these textsmight be re-read in relation to postcolonial concerns such as diaspora,nationality, etc.
About: The volume will look at the new Testament texts, investigating how they relate to the colonial context out ofwhich they emerge; how they advocate and foster colonial practices; how theytransgress colonial notions of the time; how these texts in turn wereemployed to sustain and legitimise modern colonialism; how translationpractice reinforced colonial expansion and domination, and how these textsmight be re-read in relation to postcolonial concerns such as diaspora,nationality, etc.