Post-Colonial Criticism: Pixley, Carvalho And Kim

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Through the excerpts from Pixley, Carvalho and Kim, the basis of both liberation theology/liberation criticism and post-colonial criticism stem from their focus on the marginalized, whether that be natives or “The Other” and the interplay between these two criticism can be observed through their opposition to the dominant culture, the necessity of educating the marginalized and giving them a voice, and their analysis of the text through hermeneutics and its application in each criticism. Both Liberation Criticism and Post-Colonial Criticism are rooted in their opposition to the dominant culture and while Post-colonialists might prominently be concerned with western ideologies permeating through scripture today, most institutions that oppose …show more content…

Post-Colonial Criticism also dealt with teaching natives within Africa and Latin America to analyze the text and voice their opinion critically. Described in Kim’s text, understanding the situation the people were in, individuals who were immersed within the Western culture were necessary to voice the natives’ opinion through writings. This could take a wrong turn because in most cases, the only way most natives could understand a biblical text would be through Western representatives, which could likely result in arguments or misunderstandings, an outcome that was not warranted by anyone. Pixley’s article describes the struggle to educate the poor during times of revolution because most could only grasp material at a third grade level. Therefore, even though the pope allowed the Bible to be translated into the vernacular, there was still an inability to critically analyze the text, even by the Latin American priests. While this was an important issue within Liberation Criticism, the simple fact is that Christians within the Catholic Church in Latin America were given the Bible and if they could not read they were taught to read. It was crucial for the people to understand the struggles faced within the text before realizing their own struggles. Both Criticisms, however, were able to convey the biblical text to the people over

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