Scriptualizing revelation : an African American postcolonial reading of empire / Lynne St. Clair Darden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darden, Lynne St. Clair, author.

Series:

Society of Biblical Literature ; Number 80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible.elation. Revelation--Postcolonial criticism.

Bible.elation.

Bible. Revelation--Black interpretations.

Bible.

Bible. Revelation.

Postcolonial theology.

Black theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Georgia : SBL Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fresh contribution to the growing body of New Testament scholarship on empire, both ancient and modern Darden's reading of Revelation examines John the Seer's rhetorical strategy, in general, and imperial cult imagery in chapters 4 and 5, in particular, through the lens of an African American scripturalization supplemented by postcolonial theory. The scripturalization proposes that John the Seer's signifyin(g) on empire demonstrated that he was well aware of the oppressive nature of Roman imperialism on the lives of provincial Asian Christians. Yet, ironically, John reinscribed imperial processes and practices. Darden argues that African American biblical scholarship must now attend adequately to these complex cultural negotiations lest it find itself inadvertently feeding the imperial beast. Features: Relates the potential for African American cooption by the U.S. Empire to the cooption by the Roman Empire both thematized and performed in RevelationBook-length study on postcolonial African American biblical hermeneuticsA reading supplemented by postcolonial theory that better addresses the hybridity of African American identity.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

African American Scripturalization

"Almost the Same but Not Quite Like"

The Strangeness of Home

Reconceptualizing Revelation

Signifyin(g) a Heavenly Empire

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of Primary Sources

Index of Names.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62837-089-0