Welcome to the homepage for the Ideological Criticism Section of the Society for Biblical Literature. The Ideological Criticism of the Bible Section provides a place on the annual meeting program for the presentation of research that explores the political stakes of biblical texts as well as the political uses to which the Bible has been put in contemporary and historical settings. The Section also offers a site for investigation, not only of “ideology” narrowly defined, but of the myriad ways in which that which goes without saying, the hardwiring of the culture, shapes biblical interpretation and is shaped by the Bible’s influence. We have meetings at the Society for Biblical Literature Annual meeting. This year in New Orleans (Nov 21-25, 2009) we will have 4 panels Book Review: Burton Mack's Myth and the Christian Nation (Equinox 2008) Presentation and Review of Postcolonial Interventions: Essays in Honor of R.S. Sugirtharajah Movie Review Panel: Bill Maher's Religulous Paper Presentation Panel Join the conversation! Join our group Discussion Page  |