Postcolonial Criticism and Biblical Interpretation

In this stimulating study R. S. Sugirtharajah explores the implications of postcolonial criticism for biblical studies. He provides a comprehensive overview of the origins definitions and procedures of postcolonial criticism followed by a discussion of the significance of postcolonial criticism in biblical interpretation. He reveals how postcolonial criticism can offer an alternative perspective to our understanding of the Bible and how when the Bible has been deployed as a Western cultural icon it has come to be questioned in new ways.