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1 online resource (270 pages) |
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Introduction : why postcolonial conversations matter. Reflection on postcolonial friendship / Brian D. McLaren -- The importance of postcolonial evangelical conversations / Steve Hu -- A response to the postcolonial roundtable : promises, problems, and prospects / Gene L. Green -- The postcolonial challenge to evangelicals / Editors -- Prospects and problems for evangelical postcolonialisms / Robert S. Heaney -- Part 1. Mission and metanarrative origins and articulations. From good, "the only good Indian is a dead Indian" to better, "kill the Indian and save the man" to best, "old things pass away and all things become white!" : an American hermeneutic of colonization / L. Daniel Hawk and Richard L. Twiss -- North American mission and motive : following the markers / Gregory Lee Cuéllar and Randy S. Woodley -- Postcolonial feminism, the Bible, and the native Indian women / Jayachitra Lalitha -- Converting a colonialist Christ : toward an African postcolonial Christology / Victor Ifeanyi Ezigbo and Reggie L. Williams -- Part 2. The stories behind the colonial stories. Tracing the metanarrative of colonialism and its legacy / Teri R. Merrick -- American exceptionalism as prophetic nationalism / Kurt Anders Richardson -- Part 3. Revisioning evangelical theology. The apocalypse of colonialism : notes toward a postcolonial eschatology / Christian T. Collins Winn and Amos Yong -- Jesus/Christ the hybrid : toward a postcolonial evangelical Christology / Joya Colon-Berezin and Peter Goodwin Heltzel -- Recovering the spirit of Pentecost : canon and catholicity in postcolonial perspective / Megan K. DeFranza and John R. Franke -- Part 4. Transforming the evangelical legacy. The problem and promise of praxis in postcolonial criticism / Gilberto Lozano and Federico A. Roth -- Embracing the other : a vision for evangelical identity / Kay Higuera Smith -- Healthy leadership and power differences in the postcolonial community : two reflections / Nicholas Rowe and Ray Aldred -- Christian disciplines as ways of instilling God's shalom for postcolonial communities : two reflections / Nicholas Rowe and Safwat Marzouk -- Part 5. Closing the circle. Hosting a true roundtable : dialogue across theological and postcolonial divides / Judith Oleson -- Benediction / Gregory W. Carmer -- Dr. Richard Twiss, a remembrance / Randy S. Woodley |
| Summary |
"How can the church respond to issues of imperialism, race and globalization? Constructing an evangelical postcolonial theology may be the solution to dealing with these ever-growing issues. Gathering together essays presented at the 2010 Postcolonial Roundtable at Gordon College, this groundbreaking volume seeks to reconcile the ugly history of cultural dominion and colonialism with new perspectives on global society. Rethinking and reimagining the concepts of identity, power, interpretation and historiography through the lens of Christianity, the editors provide readers with new ways of understanding and bettering the world. "The Christian faith of the future must be a joint enterprise in which the descendants of the colonized and the descendants of the colonizers come together, reflect on the past and imagine a different and better future together," contributor Brian McLaren states. "That work will involve risks and dangers for both groups, and the contributions of both are essential. One lesson the gospel surely teaches us is this: we are all connected." Addressing themes like nationalism, Christology and western conquest, contributors discuss reasons Christians need to be careful how they frame their conversations on global topics. The language of "mission" can be misconstrued in light of postcolonial perspectives, and the essays dig into the role of evangelicalism in modern Christian outreach to help us keep pace with what God is doing in our era."-- Provided by Freading |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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English |
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Print version record. Print version is 270 pages |
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Postcolonial Networks -- Congresses
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Postcolonial Networks fast |
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Evangelicalism -- Congresses
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Postcolonial theology -- Congresses
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RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Evangelicalism
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Postcolonial theology
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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Smith, Kay Higuera, 1954- editor.
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Lalitha, Jayachitra, editor
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Hawk, L. Daniel (Lewis Daniel), 1955- editor.
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Lozano, Gilberto, 1965-
Problem and promise of praxis in postcolonial criticism
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| ISBN |
9780830896318 |
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0830896317 |
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