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Week 10 – Maori “Jews” and a Resistant Reading of John 5.10-47 – Mary Huie-Jolly
“[S]ome Maori referred to themselves as ‘Jews’ rather than Christians,” states Huie-Jolly (Sugirtharajah, 224), because of the binarism of Jesus’ Sonship’s consistency with imperial domination. The Ma… more →
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Week 10 – Maori “Jews” and a Resistant Reading of John 5.10-47 – Mary Huie-Jolly
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: “[S]ome Maori referred to themselves as ‘Jews’ rather than Christians,” states Huie-Jolly (Sugirthar … more →
Week 10 – Exodus-Toward-Egypt: Filipino-Americans’ Struggle to Realize the Promised Land in America – Eleazar S. Fernandez
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: I think Fernandez chose a wonderful biblical narrative to illustrate Filipino-Americans’—as well as … more →
Week 10 – How Local Divine Powers were Suppressed: A Case of Mwari of the Shona – Dora R. Mbuwayesango
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jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: Even though the Christian missionaries meant well in referring to Mwari as the Shona name for our Ch … more →
Week 10 - God at the Crossroads: A Postcolonial Reading of Sophia - Mayra Rivera
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: I enjoy how Rivera connects Sophia with the identity of her people, los atravesados–” … more →
Week 9 - Tyranny, Boundary, and Might: Colonial Mimicry in Mark's Gospel - Tat-siong Benny Liew
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: Liew states, “Despite Mark’s declaration of an apocalypse, what we have in the Gospel a … more →
Week 9 - Mark and Empire - Stephen D. Moore
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: I was appalled by this reading of Mark, not so much because of the possibility of Mark being written … more →
Week 8 – On Naming the Subject: Postcolonial Reading of Daniel 1 – Philip Chia
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: I found the issue of “naming the subject” rather intriguing as I had never connected Daniel, Shadrac … more →
Week 8 – The Sign of Orpah: Reading Ruth through Native Eyes – Laura E. Donaldson
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: This article really made me reflect on liberation theology’s response to reading the Bible. I was al … more →
Week 7 - Cutchery Tamil versus Pure Tamil - Hephzibah Israel
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: Missionaries translated the Bible into Cutchery (Tamil and Telegu languages mixed) Tamil–the l … more →
Week 7 - Decolonizing Yahweh: A Postcolonial Reading of 2 Kings 24-25 - Kari Latvus
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: In this article, Latvus reiterated something I was taught in my undergrad: Scripture must not be rea … more →
Week 6 – Rahab Says Hello to Judith: A Decolonizing Feminist Reading – Musa W. Dube
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: Even though I identify with Rahab in so many aspects of my life, I long to be more like Judith: stro … more →
Week 6 – Implications of the text of Esther for African Women’s Struggle for Liberation in South Africa – Itumeleng J. Mosala
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: This article intrigued me as I had never thought of the book of Esther emphasizing patriarchy, socia … more →
Week 5 – Desiring War: Apocalypse, Commodity Fetish, and the End of History – Erin Runions
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: I found this article difficult to read as I have been a faithful supporter of President George W. Bu … more →
Week 5 – Roman Imperialism and Early Christian Scribality – Werner H. Kelber
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: Kelber’s main emphasis of this article is the fact that much of Christian scribality was in response … more →
Week 4 – Postcolonialism and Imperial Motives for Canonization – Jon L. Berquist
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: I was surprised at how Berquist’s article fit so well with King’s in dealing with the negative effec … more →
Week 4 - Canonization and Marginalization: Mary of Magdala – Karen L. King
jgirlsmission wrote 2 years ago: I understand King’s point that the Bible was canonized by male scholars who labeled Mary Magdalene a … more →
