In Resisting Occupation, scholars from around the globe 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 to teach the colonized to want, yearn, and embrace their occupation.

Part One: Occupying Minds 1.Toward an Ethics para Joder: Decolonizing Minds by Transgressing Academic BordersMiguel A. De La Torre2."Imagined Occupation" and the Occupation of the National Imaginary: Scottish Stories in the Face of Brexit BritainJohn McNeil Scott3.City Gate and Homeland Imagination: The Theology of Image in Post-Modern TaiwanSu-Chi Lin4.Toward a Cross-border Imagination: Another World Is Possible!Junghyung Kim5.The Occupation of the Theological Mind: The End of InnocenceMitri Raheb Part Two: Occupying Bodies 6.The Construction of Religious Hybrid Identities Resulting from Colonial OccupationWanda Deifelt7.The Boys in the MirrorLuciano Kovacs Part Three: Occupying Spirit 8.The Devil that Occupies US: Social Sin and Sacred Silence in a Trumped EraStacey Floyd-Thomas9.The Motherly Spirit: A Geotheological Power of Life in PapuaToar Hutagalung10.Resistance and Reconciliation through the ArtsVolker Küster11.Beauty in the Rubble? Genuine Encounter, Self-Transformation, and Transnational Community in Activism for PalestineMarthie Momberg Part Four: Occupying Land 12.Occupation in North America: States, Rule of Law, Language, and IndiansTink Tinker13.From Empire to Independent Composite Successor States: Postcolonial Political Theology in MelanesiaRichard Davis14.Palestine, Zionism, and Global Struggle: A Jewish American's JourneyMark Braverman15.The Re-Reading of the Exodus Narrative: An African PerspectiveSindiso Jele