Post-Colonialism and Biblical Theology
An Overview 

1. The Creation Principle of Separation, Binding, and Interdependence
   (Genesis 1)
   
   
2. Is Christianity Guilty of Othering Post-Colonial Peoples?
   Natural Revelation (Romans 1-2);
   Worship (Ps 117);
   Judgment (Amos 1-2; Rom 2);
   Mercy (Jonah 4)
   Inclusive of All Nations (Gen 12, Is 60, Matt 28, Eph 2:11-22, Gal 3, Rev 7, Rev 21)
   Typological Truth (Acts 17)
   
   
3. The Bible as Diversified Metanarrative—Hermeneutics within History and Community
   (II Tim 3:16, Eph 4:11-17, I Jn 2:20-27, II Pet 1:19-21, Jer 17:9)
   Diversity of the Biblical Canon
   Communal Nature of Interpretation
   Critical Self-knowledge and Epistemic Humility
   
   
4. Babel and Pentecost--Post-Colonial Languages, Identities, and Biblical Models
   Babel as a Judgment on Imperial Projects (Gen 11),
   Pentecost as God Working Through Diversity (Acts 2)
   
   
5. Biblical Personhood and the Postcolonial Self
   Imago Dei (Gen 1-2)
   Heart (Prov 4:23, 27:9, Deut 6:5, Rom 2:29, II Cor 3:3, Rom 1:32, II Cor 9:7, Heb 4:12)
   
   
6. Shalom: The Biblical Hope for Justice & The Postcolonial Dilemma
   (Is 4:2-6, Is 61:1-7, Is 62, 65:17-25. 66:12-16, Hosea 14, Joel 3:17-21, Amos 9:11-15, Micah 4:15, 5:15, Zeph 3:9-20, Zech 3:10, 14, Luke 4:14-21, Matt 5:17-20, 7:28-29, Matt 25, John 7:25-43, Acts 1:1-11, Romans 8:18-25, I Cor 15:20-28, Phil 2:5-11, Col 1:9-14, Heb 12:24-28, Rev 21-22)
   
   
7. The Bible, the Land, and Postcolonial Mapping
   Israel's Landedness
   Israel's Landlessness
   The Church
   
   
8. Diasporas: Israel, the Church, and Lessons from Exile
   Fair Treatment for the Exile (Deut 6:18-19, 27:19,Ex 22:21, Zech 78-10, Matt 25:35, Heb 13:1-3)
   Israel’s Diaspora (Lamentations, Ps 137, Dan 1-2, Dan 6, Jer 24, 29)
   The Church's Diaspora (Jn 4:21-24, Acts 1: 8, 8:1-3, 8:10-11, 13:1-3,  I Pet 1:1-2, 2:11)
   
   
9. A Theology of the Cross & Postcolonial Horrors
   (Is 53, Ps 22, Jn 3:16-17, I Jn 3:16-18, Mk 15:35-36, Lk 4:16-21, Rom 6, II Cor 1:3-7, 4:7-12, 5:11-6:2, Gal 3:13-14, Phil 1:29-30, 3:10, Heb 4:14-5:10, 9:11ff., I Pet 2:14-18, 2:21)
   The Cross as Atonement
   The Cross as Curse and Sign of Judgment
   The Cross as Example of Love and Model for Suffering
   The Cross' Healing, Cleansing, and Honoring