The colonized Apostle : Paul through postcolonial eyes / edited by Christopher D. Stanley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stanley, Christopher D.

Series:

Paul in critical contexts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Postcolonial criticism.

Bible.

Bible. Epistles of Paul.

Postcolonial criticism of sacred works.

Physical Description:

xvi, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2011]

Summary:

The Colonized Apostle offers readers a valuable introduction to the range of methods and perspectives associated with postcolonial biblical interpretation. At the same time, these essays exemplify some of the most lively controversies involved in current postcolonial interpretation of the apostle Paul. Book jacket.

Contents:

Pt. 1. What is postcolonial studies? Paul after empire / Stephen D. Moore

Critical perspectives on postcolonial theory / Susan B. Abraham

Marxism and the postcolonial study of Paul / Neil Elliott

Pt. 2. Paul and ancient forms of colonialism. Pauline agency in postcolonial perspective : subverter of or agent for empire? / Jeremy Punt

The politics of Paul : his supposed social conservatism and the impact of postcolonial readings / Gordon Zerbe

Visualizing significant otherness : reimagining Paul(ine studies) through hybrid lenses / Davina C. Lopez

Reading Romans 7 in conversation with postcolonial theory : Paul's struggle toward a Christian identity of hybridity / L. Ann Jervis

Paul the ethnic hybrid? : postcolonial perspectives on Paul's ethnic categorizations / Christopher D. Stanley

Redressing bodies at Corinth : racial/ethnic politics and religious difference in the context of empire / Tat-siong Benny Liew

Imperial intersections and initial inquiries : toward a feminist, postcolonial analysis of Philippians / Joseph A. Marchal

Beyond the heroic Paul : toward a feminist and decolonizing approach to the letters of Paul / Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre and Laura S. Nasrallah

To what end? : revisiting the gendered space of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 from a feminist postcolonial perspective / Jennifer G. Bird

Pt. 3. Paul and modern Western colonialism. Wrestling with the "Macedonian call" : Paul, Pauline scholarship, and nineteenth-century colonial missions / Robert Paul Seesengood

Galatians and the "Orientalism" of justification by faith : Paul among Jews and Muslims / Brigitte Kahl

Paul, nation, and nationalism : a Korean postcolonial perspective / Jae Won Lee

Constructions of Paul in Filipino theology of struggle / Gordon Zerbe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780800664589

0800664582

OCLC:

646121908