Deena, Seodial F. H. (Seodial Frank Hubert), 1956-McMillion, Jamal Laruba2022-09-122022-09-122022-072022-07-20July 2022http://hdl.handle.net/10342/11133In this thesis, I examine how weaponized colonial Christianity was the most effective means of Black subordination, and I assert that weaponized colonial Christianity gave license to Europeans to chronologically invade African geographies, commodify and objectify African bodies and negate African identity. Weaponized Christianity fostered anti-Blackness. Through textual analysis of selected colonial/postcolonial, I explored Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel, Purple Hibiscus; Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin; Olaudah Equiano's autobiography, The Interesting Narrative Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself; Richard Wright's novel, Uncle Tom's Children; and Alice Walker's novel, The Third Life of Grange Copeland through a post-colonial lens of oppression and present European weaponization of Biblical ideologies as the underpinning of historical and contemporary Black oppression, as such ideologies were/are reinforced by majoritarian institutions and performative practices that created a global problematized social hierarchy that became more intractable as it persisted.application/pdfenThe Bible and Black oppressionMade in his own imageChristianity in literatureRacism in literatureAfrican Americans--Civil rightsRacism against Black peopleAdichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- . Purple hibiscusStowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom's cabinEquiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797. The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the AfricanWright, Richard, 1908-1960. Uncle Tom's childrenWalker, Alice, 1944- .Third life of Grange CopelandMaster's Thesis2022-08-30