This study assesses the phases of the Third World's encounter with the Bible - precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial. Drawing on exegetical examples, the auth... » 

This study assesses the phases of the Third World's encounter with the Bible - precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial. Drawing on exegetical examples, the author examines reading practices ranging from the vernacular to liberation and the newly-emerging postcolonial criticism. «