Decolonizing the Body of Christ

I. Decolonizing the Sources

1. Decolonizing the Bible, Church, and Jesus: A Search for an Alternate Reading Space for the Postcolonial Context
David Joy

2. Decolonizing Marital Gender Norms in Eph. 5:21–33
Jayachitra Lalitha

3. “Pierced by the Curved End of a Rainbow”: Decolonizing the Body of the Martyr
J. Jayakiran Sebastian

4. Decolonizing the Formulation of Scripture: A Postcolonial Reading of Genesis 12, 20, and 26
Naveen Rao

II. Decolonizing Relations Between Theology and Theory

5. Postmodernity, Postcoloniality, and Religious Cultures
Simi Malhotra

6. Theologies of, for, and by Asians: Reformulating Dialogue
Sharon A. Bong

7. Allama Muhammad Iqbal: Poet-Philosopher and the Dangers of Appropriation
Masood Ashraf Raja

III. Decolonizing Contexts

8. Diaspora and Kenosis as Postcolonial Themes
Mark G. Brett

9. Discourses of Learning and Love: Sufi Paths in Pakistan
Mahwash Shoaib

IV. Respondent Chapters

10. Postcolonial Theory and Theology: On Educating Ourselves to be Planetary Subjects
Mrinalini Sebastian

11. Decolonizing the Body of Christ: An Initial Response
Anthony G. Reddie

Keywords: History, Imperialism and Colonialism, History of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Christian Theology, Christianity, Philosophy of Religion