In the name of God : the Bible in the colonial discourse of empire /

In In the Name of God biblical scholars and historians begin the exciting work of deconstructing British and Spanish imperial usage of the Bible as well as the use of the Bible to counteract imperialism.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Crouch, Carly L. (Carly Lorraine), 1982-, Stökl, Jonathan, 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, 2013.
Temas:
Bible > Use > History.
Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History.
Bible > Critique, interprétation, etc. > Histoire.
Bible
Christianity and politics > History.
Christianisme et politique > Histoire.
BIBLES > General.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference > General.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference > Handbooks.
Christianity and politics
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors; Introduction; Comparing the 'Telegraph Bible' of the Late British Empire to the Chaotic Bible of the Sixteenth Century Spanish Empire: Beyond the Canaan Mandate into Anxious Parables of the Land; The Esperança de Israel: A Mission to Cromwell; Mare Clausum, Leviathan, and Oceana: Bible Criticism, Secularisation and Imperialism in Seventeenth-Century English Political and Legal Thought; The Armies of Gog, the Merchants of Tarshish, and the British Empire.
  • The 'Jerusalemgangers' as an Illustration of Resistance against the British Empire and Nineteenth Century Biblical Interpretation in Southern AfricaThe Battle of the Books: The Bible versus the Vedas; Index of Biblical References.

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