Includes bibliographical references (pages [176]-178) and indexes.
Contents
A postcolonial exploration of collusion and construction in Biblical interpretation -- Son(s) behaving badly : the prodigal in foreign hands -- Marketing the testaments : canongate and their pocket-sized Bibles -- Loitering with intent : Biblical texts in public places -- A modern tool-shed for global village -- Getting the mixture right : promises and perils of postcolonial criticism and Biblical interpretation -- Postcolonialism and Indian Christian theology -- The magi from Bengal and their Jesus : Indian construals of Christ during colonial times -- Complacencies and cul-de-sacs : Christian theologies and colonialism -- Textual takeaways : Third World texts in western metropolitan centres.
Note
Collection of previously published essays.
Originally published in Great Britain by SCM Press.