| Date |
Class Topic |
Leadership
Team |
| Mapping Postcolonial Biblical Studies |
1/22
Tues |
Colluding with Empire? The Politics of Biblical Interpretation
Sugirtharajah, Segovia
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1/24
Thurs |
Liberated Slaves & Imperial Masters: The Exodus and Conquest Narratives
Exodus 1–20; Joshua 1–6
Dube |
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1/29
Tues |
Imagined Kingdoms vs. Human Empires: Apocalyptic Scenes
Daniel 1–12
Chia |
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1/31
Thurs |
Roman Hegemony & the King(s) of the Jews
Virgil
Carter
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2/5
Tues
|
Representing Empire in the Gospels
Matthew, Luke, John
Moore
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2/7
Thurs |
Empire & Evanglization: Paul & the Politics of Rome
1 Corinthians 1; Romans 1–6; 13:1-7
Elliott (2 essays) | |
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2/12
Tues
|
New Jerusalem or Old Rome: The Utopian Vision of Revelation
Revelation 12:1–22:21
Moore | |
| Colonial Biblical Encounters, Evaluating the Ethics of Postcolonial Study |
2/14
Thurs |
The
Bible as a Tool of Empire
Sugirtharajah | |
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2/19
Tues |
Franciscan Biblical Interpretation & the Founding of Santa Clara Mission
Skowronek& Thompson, West | |
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2/21
Thurs |
The Empire Writes Back
Sugirtharajah | |
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2/26
Tues |
Making Jesus White: Race, Ideology & Empire
Kelley, Sugirtharajah | |
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2/28
Thurs |
Making America God, Part I
Hughes, Wimbush | |
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3/5
Tues |
Making America God, Part II
Chapman, Sugirtharajah, Runions |
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3/7
Thurs |
The Canaanite Woman & the Roman Centurion: Gender, Ethnicity & Subaltern Tensions
Matthew 8:1-17; 14:1–15:39
Kwok, Dube |
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3/12
Tues |
Liberation Hermeneutics & Postcolonial Interpretation Compared
Sugirtharajah | |
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