Divinity After Empire: Publication of First Book in Major New Series

The first book in Palgrave Macmillan's new Postcolonialism and Religions series, edited by Joseph Duggan (formerly a doctoral student at the Lincoln Theological Institute) and Jayarikan Sebastian, has just been published. This volume, edited by David Joy and Joseph Duggan, is entitled Decolonizing the Body of Christ: Theology and Theory After Empire? It contains papers presented at the second meeting of  Divinity After Empire project, supported by LTI, at United Theological Seminary, Bangalore, in January 2010. 

Volume contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction to Postcolonialism and Religions Series; J.F.Duggan
Introduction; C.I.D.Joy
Preface; D.Forrester
PART I: DECOLONIZING THE SOURCES
Decolonizing the Bible, Church, and Jesus: a Search for an Alternate Reading Space for the Postcolonial Context; C.I.D.Joy
Decolonizing Marital Gender Norms in Eph. 5:21-33; J.Lalitha
'Pierced by the curved end of a rainbow': Decolonizing the Body of the Martyr; J.J.Sebastian
Decolonizing the Formulation of Scripture: A Postcolonial Reading of Genesis 12, 20, and 26; N.Rao
PART II: DECOLONIZING RELATES BETWEEN THEOLOGY AND THEORY
Postmodernity, Postcoloniality, and Religious Cultures; S.Malhotra
Theologies of, for, and by Asians: Reformulating Dialogue; S.A.Bong
Allama Muhammad Iqbal: Poet Philosopher and the Dangers of Appropriation; M.A.Raja
PART III: DECOLONIZING CONTEXTS
Diaspora and Kenosis as Postcolonial Themes; M.G.Brett
Discourses of Learning and Love: Sufi Paths in Pakistan; M.Shoaib
PART IV: RESPONDENT CHAPTERS
Postcolonial Theory and Theology: On Educating Ourselves to be Planetary Subjects; M.Sebastian
Decolonizing the Body of Christ: An Initial Response; A.Reddie
Notes on the Contributors

A further fourteen manuscripts for books in the Postcolonialism and Religions series are currently in preparation. The series editors aim to prioritize indigenous, multi-religious and transnational scholarship in the area of postcolonial studies.