Voices from the Margin: Interpreting the Bible in the Third World

Synopsis

Introduction / R.s. Sugirtharajah -- Pt. I: Reading Strategies --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? / José Míguez-bonino -- Developments In Biblical Interpretation In Africa: Historical And Hermeneutical Directions / Justin S. Ukpong -- Five Smooth Stones : Reading The Bible Through Aboriginal Eyes / Graham Paulson And Mark Brett -- Reading Islandly / Jione Havea -- Modern Chinese Attitudes Toward The Bible / Chen Jianming -- Dalits, Bible And Method / Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon -- Postcolonial Biblical Criticism / R.s. Sugirtharajah -- Pt. Ii: Subaltern Readings -- Jesus And The Minjung In The Gospel Of Mark / Ahn Byung-mu -- Rereading The Bible With Dispersed Migrants And Disempowered Indigenous People / A. Maria Arul Raja --^ 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 -- Wickedness In The Place Of Justice And Righteousness : A Reading Of Ecclesiastes 3:16-17 In Response To Court's Ban For Malaysian Christian Publications To Use The Word Allah / Elaine W. F. Goh -- Voices Of The Whenua : Engaging 1 Kings 21 Through A Māori Lens / Nasili Vaka 'uta -- Pt. Iii: Many Readings: Exodus -- 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 -- Pt. Iv: Postcolonial Readings -- Returning To China: Biblical Interpretation In Postcolonial Hong Kong / Archie C.c. Lee -- Reading For Decolonization (john 4:1-42) / Musa W. Dube -- Making Waves : The Women's Bible In The Wake Of Chinese American Feminist Sensibilities / Tat-siong Benny Liew -- Is There An Anticonquest Ideology In The Book Of Judges? / Uria Y. Kim -- Pt. V: Intertexual Readings -- 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 --^ The Aggressive Brothers Versus The Victimized Orphan / Layang Seng Ja -- On Developing Liberation Theology In Islam / Asghar Ali Engineer -- Wrestling In The Night / Samuel Rayan, S.j. -- Pt. Vi: People As Exegates: Popular Readings -- 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 -- Afterword: Marginal Mappers, Eternal Outsiders : Twenty-five Years Of Voices From The Margin / R.s. Sugirtharajah. Edited By R. S. Sugirtharajah. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.