Voices from the margin : interpreting the Bible in the Third World / edited by R.S. Sugirtharajah. [print]

Introduction: Still at the margins / R. S. Sugirtharajah -- The Bible and the five hundred years of conquest Elsa Tamez -- Re-reading for liberation: African American women and the Bible / Renita J. Weems -- Marxist critical tools: are they helpful in breaking the stranglehold of idealist hermeneutics? / Jose Miguez-Bonino -- Developments in Biblical interpretation in Africa: historical and hermeneutical directions Justin S. Ukpong -- Postcolonial Biblical interpretation / R. S. Sugirtharajah -- Jesus and the Minjung in the Gospel of Mark Ahn Byung-Mu -- Breaking hegemonic boundaries: an intertextual reading of the Madurai Veeran legend and Mark's story of Jesus / A. Maria Arul Raja, S.J. -- Anti-greed and anti-pride: Mark 10:17-27 and 10:35-45 in the light of tribal values George M. Soares-Prabhu -- The Cornelius story in the Japanese cultural context Hisao Kayama -- The forgiveness of debts in Matthew and Luke: for an economy without exclusions Ivoni Richter Reimer -- The skin of Miriam became as white as snow: the Bible, western feminism and colour politics Mukti Barton -- Wresting the message from the messenger: the Rastafari a case study in the Caribbean indigenization of the Bible / Nathaniel S. Murrell -- "Barak God and die!": women, HIV, and a theology of suffering Sarojini Nadar -- A Latin American perspective: the option for the poor in the Old Testament / George V. Pixley and Clodovis Boff -- An Asian feminist perspective: the Exodus story (Exodus 1:8-22; 2:1-10) / An Asian Group Work -- A Palestinian perspective: Biblical perspectives on the land Naim S. Ateek -- A Native American perspective: Canaanites, Cowboys, and Indians Robert Allen Warrior -- Exodus-toward-Egypt: Filipino-Americans' struggle to realize the promised land in America Eleazer S. Fernandez -- Let my people go!: threads of Exodus in African American narratives Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan -- Returning to China: Biblical interpretation in postcolonial Hong Kong Archie C. C. Lee -- Reading for decolonization (John 4:1-42) / Musa W. Dube -- "Clothed in her right mind": Mark 5:1-20 and postcolonial discourse Jeffrey L. Staley -- Two mission commands: an interpretation of Matthew 28:16-20 in the light of a Buddhist text George M. Soares-Prabhu -- The Book of Ecclesiastes and Thai Buddhism Seree Lorgunpai -- Interpreting John 14:6 in a religiously plural society S. Wesley Ariarajah -- The rhetorical hermeneutic of 1 Corinthians 8 and Chinese ancestor worship Khiok-Khng Yeo -- Ego and self in New Testament and in Zen Seiichi Yagi -- On developing liberation theology in Islam Asghar Ali Engineer -- Wrestling in the night Samuel Rayan, S.J. -- A Brazilian example: 'listening to what the Spirit is saying to the churches' : popular interpretation of the Bible in Brazil Carlos Mesters -- A Malawian example: the Bible and non-literate communities Patrick A. Kalilombe -- A Nicaraguan example: the Alabaster Bottle : Matthew 26:6-13 -- An Indonesian example: the miraculous catch : Luke 5:1-11 -- Toward a post-Apartheid black feminist reading of the Bible: a case of Luke 2:36-38 Gloria Kehilwe Plaatjie -- The role of the Bible in the rise of African instituted churches: the case of the Akurinu churches in Kenya Nahashon W. Ndung'u -- Afterword: the future imperfect R. S. Sugirtharajah.

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