The Bible and empire : postcolonial explorations /

At a time of renewed interest in Empire, this stimulating volume explores the complex relationship between the Bible and the colonial enterprise, and examines some overlooked aspects of this relationship. Sugirtharajah offers both practical and theoretical insights, providing compelling evidence of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sugirtharajah, R. S. (Rasiah S.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Commonwealth
Bible > Use > History.
Bible > Actualisation > Histoire.
Bible.
Christianity and politics > Colonies > Great Britain > History.
Christianisme et politique > Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire.
BIBLES > General.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference > General.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference.
British colonies.
Religion.
Kolonialismus
Religion
Bijbel.
Britse Rijk.
Kolonialisme.
Great Britain > Colonies > Religion.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Religion.
Great Britain.
Groḃritannien
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Textually conjoined twins: Rammohun Roy and Thomas Jefferson and their Bibles
  • Salvos from the Victorian pulpit: conscription of texts by Victorian preachers during the Indian rebellion of 1857
  • Thorns in the crown: the subversive and complicit hermeneutics of John Colenso of Natal and James Long of Bengal
  • Texts and Testament: the Hebrew scriptures in colonial context
  • Imperial fictions and biblical narratives: entertainment and exegesis in colonial novels.

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