Resisting Occupation

A Global Struggle for Liberation

Edited by Miguel A. De La Torre and Mitri Raheb - Contributions by Mark Braverman; Richard A. Davis; Wanda Deifelt; Miguel A. De La Torre; Stacey Floyd-Thomas; Toar Hutagalung; Sindiso Jele; Junghyung Kim; Luciano Kovacs; Volker Küster; Su-Chi Lin; Marthie Momberg; John McNeil Scott; Mitri Raheb and Tink Tinker

In Resisting Occupation, international scholars discuss the radical denial of human flourishing caused by the occupation of mind, body, spirit, and land. They explore how religious perspectives can be, and often are, constructed by occupiers to justify their actions, perpetuate exploitation, and domesticate indigenous landholders. In the name of Christianization and civilization, which has proven to be a global phenomenon beyond time and space, a consistent domestication process is established. The colonized are taught to want, to yearn for, and to embrace their occupation, seeing themselves through the eyes of their colonizers. Writing from different spots around the globe, the scholars of this book demonstrate how occupation, a synonym for empire, is manifested within their social context and reveal unity in their struggle for liberation. Recognizing that where there is oppression, there is resistance, the contributors turn to religion. While questioning the logic, rationale, theology, and epistemology of the empire’s religion, they nonetheless seek the liberative response of resistance – at times using the very religion of the occupiers.

Lexington Books / Fortress Academic

Pages: 262 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-9787-1137-2 • Hardback • March 2022 • $111.00 • (£85.00)

978-1-9787-1139-6 • Paperback • September 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)

978-1-9787-1138-9 • eBook • March 2022 • $38.00 • (£30.00)

Series: Decolonizing Theology

Subjects: Religion / Christian Theology / Liberation, Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism

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A Global Struggle for Liberation

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In Resisting Occupation, international scholars discuss the radical denial of human flourishing caused by the occupation of mind, body, spirit, and land. They explore how religious perspectives can be, and often are, constructed by occupiers to justify their actions, perpetuate exploitation, and domesticate indigenous landholders. In the name of Christianization and civilization, which has proven to be a global phenomenon beyond time and space, a consistent domestication process is established. The colonized are taught to want, to yearn for, and to embrace their occupation, seeing themselves through the eyes of their colonizers. Writing from different spots around the globe, the scholars of this book demonstrate how occupation, a synonym for empire, is manifested within their social context and reveal unity in their struggle for liberation. Recognizing that where there is oppression, there is resistance, the contributors turn to religion. While questioning the logic, rationale, theology, and epistemology of the empire’s religion, they nonetheless seek the liberative response of resistance – at times using the very religion of the occupiers.

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Lexington Books / Fortress Academic

Pages: 262 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-9787-1137-2 • Hardback • March 2022 • $111.00 • (£85.00)

978-1-9787-1139-6 • Paperback • September 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)

978-1-9787-1138-9 • eBook • March 2022 • $38.00 • (£30.00)

Series: Decolonizing Theology

Subjects: Religion / Christian Theology / Liberation, Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism

Author

Miguel A. De La Torre is professor of social ethics and Latino/a Studies at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.

Mitri Raheb is the founder and president of Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture in Bethlehem.

Table of Contents

Part One: Occupying Minds

1.Toward an Ethics para Joder: Decolonizing Minds by Transgressing Academic Borders

Miguel A. De La Torre

2.“Imagined Occupation” and the Occupation of the National Imaginary: Scottish Stories in the Face of Brexit Britain

John McNeil Scott

3.City Gate and Homeland Imagination: The Theology of Image in Post-Modern Taiwan

Su-Chi Lin

4.Toward a Cross-border Imagination: Another World Is Possible!

Junghyung Kim

5.The Occupation of the Theological Mind: The End of Innocence

Mitri Raheb

Part Two: Occupying Bodies

6.The Construction of Religious Hybrid Identities Resulting from Colonial Occupation

Wanda Deifelt

7.The Boys in the Mirror

Luciano Kovacs

Part Three: Occupying Spirit

8.The Devil that Occupies US: Social Sin and Sacred Silence in a Trumped Era

Stacey Floyd-Thomas

9.The Motherly Spirit: A Geotheological Power of Life in Papua

Toar Hutagalung

10.Resistance and Reconciliation through the Arts

Volker Küster

11.Beauty in the Rubble? Genuine Encounter, Self-Transformation, and Transnational Community in Activism for Palestine

Marthie Momberg

Part Four: Occupying Land

12.Occupation in North America: States, Rule of Law, Language, and Indians

Tink Tinker

13.From Empire to Independent Composite Successor States: Postcolonial Political Theology in Melanesia

Richard Davis

14.Palestine, Zionism, and Global Struggle: A Jewish American’s Journey

Mark Braverman

15.The Re-Reading of the Exodus Narrative: An African Perspective

Sindiso Jele

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A Global Struggle for Liberation

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