The Bible and the Third World: Precolonial, Colonial and Postcolonial Encounters by R. S. Sugirtharajah (PDF)

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This innovative study moves briskly but comprehensively through three phases of the Third World’s encounter with the Bible – precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial. It recounts the remarkable story of how an inaccessible and marginal book in the ancient churches of India, China and North Africa became an important tool in the hands of both coloniser and colonised; how it has been reclaimed in the postcolonial world; and how it is now being reread by various indigenes, Native Americans, dalits and women. Drawing on substantial exegetical examples, Sugirtharajah examines reading practices ranging from the vernacular to liberation and the newly-emerging postcolonial criticism. His study emphasises the often overlooked biblical reflections of people such as Equiano and Ramabai as well as better-known contemporaries like Gutiérrez and Tamez. Partly historical and partly hermeneutical, the volume will serve as an invaluable introduction to the Bible in the Third World for students and interested general readers.

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⭐Currently studying a MDiv. at Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, my Hermeneutics (Biblical interpretation) teacher recommended me to read this book. I must admit that this book is very interesting as it deals with the history of hermeneutics in the Third World.In the first part of the book, the author gives us interesting insights on how Christianity entered very early continents such as Asia and Africa without any influence from the traditional denominations (Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant) but without taking strong roots.Then came the Colonial period, with its imperialism and the spread of the Gospel. There the author explains how locals started appropriating the Bible and making their own Biblical interpretations to resist the Western imperialism.Finally in the last part, the author presents current trends ofinterpretation such as Liberation theology and Postcolonialism.In short, if you want to learn more about how the Third World came up with their own hermeneutics, or if you are a studying this topic, then this book might be for you.

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