Bible and Critical Theory latest edition: free and online

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November 15, 2016 by Harnessing Chaos

The latest BCT is out and it is free, open access, and online (PDFs here.).

“Manufacturing Dissent: Reflections on a Year of the Corbyn Movement and the Return of the Radical Bible” is more a review of the past year since Corbyn became Labour leader. It already feels a little behind the times given the Trump victory and that the Bob Crow Brigade (who intervened in the Labour election) Twitter account has been suspended (for reasons unknown to me), though there is still Red London. But it covers some of the media treatment of Corbyn (esp. Guardian) and a fairly crude reading of the debates over feminism and gender in light of the Corbyn movement, including certain representations of Rojava…

Here is the Table of Contents. The articles have a certain relevance…

Vol 12, No 2 (2016)
Radicalism, Violence, and Religious Texts

Table of Contents
Editorial: Radicalism, Violence, and Religious Texts
Robert J. Myles, Caroline Blyth

Articles
Biobible: Biblical Provocations to Biocapital in the U.S. Culture Wars
Erin Runions

Andrea Dworkin on the Biblical Foundations of Violence against Women
Julie Kelso

Homophobia and Masculine Domination in Judges 19-21
James Harding

Mad Max Fury Road: Escaping the Phallic Economy of Exodus
Yael Klangwisan

On the Question of Sin: Stalin and Human Nature
Roland Boer

Alain Badiou and the Book of Acts
Bruce Worthington, Hollis Phelps

Books & Culture
Manufacturing Dissent: Reflections on a Year of the Corbyn Movement and the Return of the Radical Bible
James G. Crossley

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