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The Bible and Colonialism
Michael Prior
其他書名
A Moral Critique
出版A&C Black, 1997-05-01
主題Religion / Biblical Studies / Old TestamentBibles / Other Translations / GeneralHistory / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)Religion / ReferenceSocial Science / Emigration & Immigration
ISBN18507581589781850758150
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=I4WtAwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The biblical claim of the divine promise of land is integrally linked with a divine mandate to exterminate the indigenous people. The narrative has supported virtually all Western colonizing enterprises (e.g. in Latin America, South Africa, Palestine), resulting in the suffering of millions of people, and loss of respect for the Bible. According to modern secular standards of human and political rights, what the biblical narrative calls for are war-crimes and crimes against humanity. In this provocative and compelling study, Prior protests at the neglect of the moral question in conventional biblical studies, and attempts to rescue the Bible from being a blunt instrument in the oppression of people.