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and neo-colonialism” have created another kind of co-mission (). By exploring this continuity, Smith illumines the relationship between religion and empires, historical and contemporary, and how religion can be deployed as a tool to justify harm. Nevertheless, Smith reminds that the great commandment is not to go and teach, but it is that we love—ourselves and others. Unsettling the Word is an excellent resource for both undergraduate and graduate classrooms. It is both accessible and provocative. This book provides numerous examples of a decolonizing approach to biblical interpretation. As such, biblical literature and methodology classes could benefit from the variety of interpretative methods utilized and the diverse interpretations the collection provides. In the preface Hendricks poses this question concerning the Bible: “How do we read this book so that it is a force for justice and peace in the cause of the oppressed?” (xi). The book provides an answer—we must read the text with a hermeneutic of love. Unsettling the Word transforms numerous texts in the Bible from oppressive weapons to liberating tools and encourages us to read them again, more closely. Perhaps reading sacred texts thusly is the beginning of realizing a more just and peaceful world.