Set in the context of current calls for the decolonisation of universities, curricula, and
academic disciplines, this essay first outlines what this might mean in the discipline of New
Testament studies, highlighting both the formation of the discipline within a particular
western European context and the need to move beyond the ...
Set in the context of current calls for the decolonisation of universities, curricula, and
academic disciplines, this essay first outlines what this might mean in the discipline of New
Testament studies, highlighting both the formation of the discipline within a particular
western European context and the need to move beyond the disciplinary practices shaped
by this history. It then introduces the papers collected in this special issue, not by
summarising each paper individually (the abstracts of each provide this summary) but by
identifying certain themes and issues that emerge from the collection. Both the
contextualised character of these various studies, and their modes of ethical, political, and
theological engagement raise challenges for the discipline as a whole.
