Abstract
Liberation hermeneutics and postcolonial criticism, and apocalyptic expectations The twentieth century saw the rise of liberation hermeneutics with its emphasis on the poor and disenfranchised. Within liberation theology several stages of development can be discerned. During the past twenty years postcolonialism as a variety of distinctive readers’ practices was developed. In this article these two hermeneutical systems are investigated for its potential to liberate people, before the question is asked: What are the eschatological expectations of liberation hermeneutics and postcolonial criticism? The conclusion is that the person reading the Bible in these terms is so busy with the problems posed by the situation in the Third World that the luxury of an expectation of a new world is lost. All attention is fixed on this world. The kingdom of God is realised in the present situation. Apocalyptic language is interpreted symbolically as God’s work in this world. Liberation hermeneutics as well as postcolonialism exert themselves for empowerment of oppressed people and minorities.
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