Overview

This collection of essays connects postcolonialism and the Gospel of John, with writing by international scholars, both established and new voices from Hispanic, African, Jewish, Chinese, Korean and African-American backgrounds. The book explores topics such as the appropriation of John's Gospel in settler communities of the United States and Canada, and the use of John in the colonization of Africa, Asia, Latin America and New Zealand. The interpreters represent communities of borderland dwellers, women in colonized settings, minority ethnic groups within colonized centres and others. In an era of rapid globalization, increased travel, rising diasporic communities and neo-colonialism, it is crucial that biblical scholars find ways to address this world with critical skill and sensitivity.

Full Product Details

Author:   Musa W. Dube ,  Jeffrey L. Staley
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Volume:   v. 7
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9781841273235

ISBN 10:   1841273236
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 August 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Descending from and ascending into Heaven - a postcolonial analysis of travel, space and power in John, Musa W. Dube and Jeffrey L. Staley; to prepare a place - Johannine Christianity and the collapse of ethnic territory; dis place, man - a postcolonial critique of the vine (the mountain and the temple) in the Gospel of John; reading for decolonization (John 4.1-42); contesting an interpretation of John 5 - moving beyond colonial evangelism; Maori Jews and a resistant reading of John 5.10-47; adultery or hybridity? reading John 7.53-8.11 from a postcolonial context; border-crossing and its redemptive power in John 7.53-8.11 - a cultural reading of Jesus and the accused; building toward nation-ness in the vine - a postcolonial critique of John 15.1-8; the colonized as colonizer - intertextual dialogue between the Gospel of John and Canadian; ambiguous admittance - consent and descent in John's community of upward mobility .

Reviews

There are gems of fascinating interpretation in this collection of studies on John. All essays are thought provoking -John Y. H. Yieh, Anglican Theological Review

Author Information

Musa Dube is affiliated to the University of Botswana. Jeffrey L. Staley teaches at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Seattle University, Washington.

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