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.
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.
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 Kuster 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
