African Biblical Studies (ABS) can be characterized both as innovative and reactionary:
Innovative, because it refuses to be confined by the methodologies, ancient concerns, and …

Andrew M. Mbuvi makes the case for African biblical studies as a vibrant and important
emerging distinct discipline, while also using its postcolonial optic to critique biblical studies …

The relationship between Islam and feminism is complex. There are many Muslim scholars
who fervently promote women's equality. At the same time, there is ambivalence regarding …

This inventive work explores Mark's Gospel within the contexts of the empires of Rome and
Europe. In a unique dual analysis, the book highlights how empire is not only part of the past …

This article uses the occasion of the 70 th anniversary of HTS Teologiese
Studies/Theological Studies to reflect on a particular form of liberation hermeneutics that …

The three key elements of African biblical interpretation are the biblical text, the African
context, and the act of appropriation through which they are linked. The biblical text and …

1994: 252). Bediako's statement points to the significant role the Bible has played in the
formation of Mrican Christianity. Unfortunately, this formulation perhaps gives the impression …

Empire and Exile explores the impact of Babylonian aggression upon the book of Jeremiah
by calling attention to the presence of the empire and showing how the book of Jeremiah …

What is Christendom in international relations? We argue that Christendom does not equate
to a long-lost historical empire but an enduring imaginary of a political order where …

The purpose of this chapter is to examine attitudes to, and the role of, women in the religious
and cultural life of the ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman world. This is undertaken in order …