Bøger af Kwok Pui-lan

The book invites readers to recognize both the inherent political nature of theological study and how it has propped up the values of domination and the necessity of reimagining political theology through a postcolonial lens.

Occupy Religion introduces readers to the growing role of religion in the Occupy Movement and asks provocative questions about how people of faith can work for social justice. From the temperance movement to the Civil Rights movement, churches have played key roles in important social movements, and Occupy Religion shows this role is no less critical today.

The burgeoning field of postcolonial studies argues that most theology has been formed in dominant cultures, laden intrinsically with imperializing structures. An essential task facing theology is thus to "decolonize" the mind and free Christianity from colonizing bias and structures. Here, in this truly groundbreaking study, highly respected...

This book is by an internationally recognised author who is widely regarded as one of the leading authors in postcolonial feminist studies. Written at an academic level but often takes the form of a personal account: with the resulting appeal to our crossover market of HE institutions and seminaries