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

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. Six essays explore the intersections of political movements and biblical exegesis. Individual co...

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Other Authors: Crouch, Carly L. 1982-, Stökl, Jonathan, 1977-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill, 2013.

Series: Biblical Interpretation Series 126.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262416.

Subjects:

Bible > Use > History.
Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History.
Christianity and politics > History.

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Call Number: BS538.3 .I5 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction /
  • C. L. Crouch and Jonathan Stökl
  • 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 /
  • Yvonne Sherwood
  • The Esperança de Israel: A Mission to Cromwell /
  • Maria Ana T. Valdez
  • Mare Clausum, Leviathan, and Oceana: Bible Criticism, Secularisation and Imperialism in Seventeenth-Century English Political and Legal Thought /
  • Mark Somos
  • The Armies of Gog, the Merchants of Tarshish, and the British Empire /
  • Andrew Mein
  • The 'Jerusalemgangers' as an Illustration of Resistance against the British Empire and Nineteenth Century Biblical Interpretation in Southern Africa /
  • Hendrik Bosman
  • The Battle of the Books: The Bible versus the Vedas /
  • Hugh Pyper
  • Index of Biblical References.