Habitats of the Basileia: Essays in Honour of Elaine M. Wainwright
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Habitats of the Basileia brings together some of the current and important work in biblical studies and theology, which takes seriously the demands and possibilities of applying contextual, feminist, decolonial, and ecological approaches to the critical study of the Bible and religion. The volume is inspired by the engaging work of Elaine M. Wainwright RSM; and invites us to imagine what thriving conditions and communities of the human and more-than-human might look like across multiple contexts.
Habitats of the Basileia brings together some of the current and important work in biblical studies and theology, which takes seriously the demands and possibilities of applying contextual, feminist, decolonial, and ecological approaches to the critical study of the Bible and religion. The volume is inspired by the engaging work of Elaine M. Wainwright RSM; and invites us to imagine what thriving conditions and communities of the human and more-than-human might look like across multiple contexts.
– What did it mean for those living in biblical times, or for the early Jesus movement who proclaimed an alternative basileia or kingdom against the backdrop of Roman imperial power?
– What does it mean for various communities today, as we seek to understand and re-imagine what thriving conditions might look like in our own complex and often rapidly changing environments?
Written by a diverse range of biblical, theological, and religious studies scholars, the chapters in this volume collectively argue for and demonstrate the importance of context and being attuned to social location in the production of biblical and theological scholarship.
The essays are divided into three categories: the first seven chapters deal with the Gospel of Matthew, given the importance of this book to Elaine’s work. The next nine chapters explore biblical texts beyond Matthew through various lenses including those of gender, colonialism, the environment, animal studies, contextual hermeneutics, and class. The final three chapters are concerned with the legacies of both Elaine’s lifework and the broader avenues in current biblical research that have been nurtured and influenced through her efforts.
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| Table of Contents | Toward an Introduction Habitats of Matthew 1. The Matthaean Theme of Withdrawing from Confrontation (ἀναχωρέω) in Dialogue with the Wisdom of First Peoples in Australia Vicky Balabanski 2. (Not) Swearing Oaths and Negotiating Imperial Power? Matthew 5.33-37 Warren Carter 3. When Masters Lie Down with Dogs: Being Church in a Post-Secular Society Anita Monro 4. The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven: Inner Texture Analysis of Matthew 18.1-5 Carlos Olivares 5. ‘The Lord Needs Them’ (Matthew 21.3): The Gospel of Matthew’s Beasts and Sovereign Christ Tat-siong Benny Liew 6. Glimmers of Light beyond Closed Doors: A Feminist Exploration of the Parable of the Ten Virgins in Matthew 25.1-13 Barbara E. Reid, O.P. Habitats beyond Matthew 7. Beyond the Paradigm of Stewardship: Making Right Relationship Happen with God, People and Earth Kathleen P. Rushton 8. Introducing Decolonizing Hermeneutics in Australia Norman Habel and Anne Pattel-Gray 9. The Wisdom of the Ostrich (Job 39.13-18) James E. Harding 10. A Land of Deep Darkness: An Eco-Rhetorical Reading of Jer. 2.1-9 and its Colonial Reverberations Emily Colgan 11. The Young Man and the Sea: Reconceiving Ancient Water Resources Alan H. Cadwallader 12. Thinking the Divine Animal? A Braided Reading of Luke 2.7 Anne Elvey 13. Feeding 5,000 in the Slums of Bethsaida (Luke 9.10-17) Robert J. Myles 14. ‘Giving her All’: An Ecological Feminist Reading of Luke 21.1-4 Elizabeth Dowling and Veronica Lawson 15. ‘The Place that Men Call Paradise’: Emily Dickinson’s Earthly Engagement with the Apostle Paul Caroline Blyth Legacies 16. Moana Hermeneutics: Charting a Niu Direction Nāsili Vaka’uta 17. Professor Elaine Wainwright’s Silasila Mamao (Watching from a Distance) and Matthew 27.55-56: Biblical Studies and Women in the Samoan Christian World Vaitusi Nofoaiga 18. SeaChanges: Creating and Sustaining a Community of Women Scholars of Feminism, Religion and Theology in the Pacific, 1990–2016 Kathleen McPhillips |
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