| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 247 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-241) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Textually conjoined twins: Rammohun Roy and Thomas Jefferson and their Bibles -- Salvos from the Victorian pulpit: conscription of texts by Victorian preachers during the Indian rebellion of 1857 -- Thorns in the crown: the subversive and complicit hermeneutics of John Colenso of Natal and James Long of Bengal -- Texts and Testament: the Hebrew scriptures in colonial context -- Imperial fictions and biblical narratives: entertainment and exegesis in colonial novels. |
| Summary |
At a time of renewed interest in Empire, this stimulating volume explores the complex relationship between the Bible and the colonial enterprise, and examines some overlooked aspects of this relationship. Sugirtharajah offers both practical and theoretical insights, providing compelling evidence of the continuing importance of postcolonial discourse for biblical studies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible -- Use -- History.
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Bible. |
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History. |
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Bible -- Actualisation -- Histoire. |
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Bible. |
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Commonwealth. |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Religion.
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Great Britain. |
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Colonies. |
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Religion. |
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Christianity and politics -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
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Christianity and politics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sugirtharajah, R.S. (Rasiah S.). Bible and empire. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521824931 0521531918 (DLC) 2005044297 (OCoLC)60360501 |
| ISBN |
0511125941 (electronic book) |
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9780511125942 (electronic book) |
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0511125089 |
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9780511125089 |
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9780511614552 (electronic book) |
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0511614551 (electronic book) |
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1280436786 |
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9781280436789 |
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0521824931 (Cloth) |
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0521531918 (paperback) |
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9780521824934 |
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9780521531917 |
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