John and Postcolonialism: Travel, Space, and Power

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This collection of essays connects postcolonialism and the Gospel of John, with writing by international scholars, both established and new voices from Hispanic, African, Jewish, Chinese, Korean and African-American backgrounds. The book explores topics such as the appropriation of John's Gospel in settler communities of the United States and Canada, and the use of John in the colonization of Africa, Asia, Latin America and New Zealand. The interpreters represent communities of borderland dwellers, women in colonized settings, minority ethnic groups within colonized centres and others. In an era of rapid globalization, increased travel, rising diasporic communities and neo-colonialism, it is crucial that biblical scholars find ways to address this world with critical skill and sensitivity.

Musa Dube is affiliated to the University of Botswana and member of the Society of Biblical Literature. Jeffrey L. Staley is the author of numerous essays on Jesus and film, and co-founder of the SBL Bible and Film Program Unit. He taught a variety of theology and film courses for many years in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Seattle University, USA, and is now retired.