<![CDATA[This paper brings decolonial theory and ecological hermeneutics into conversation through a close reading of biblical texts about land. It examines how passages such as Leviticus 25, Isaiah 5, and Acts 4 have been deployed to legitimise colonial and neocolonial dispossession, while also containing resources for resistance. The paper argues that the biblical tradition is neither simply complicit in nor innocent of what decolonial scholars call the colonial matrix of power over land and creation. It develops a decolonial ecotheology that retrieves the Jubilee tradition as a counter-narrative to extractive capitalism and climate injustice, while critically acknowledging the ways biblical texts have been used to justify land grabbing and ecological destruction. The analysis is grounded in African contexts where climate displacement and resource extraction are pressing concerns. It concludes by proposing a hermeneutical framework that centres the voices of dispossessed communities, integrates indigenous ecological knowledge, and reimagines the relationship between humanity and the land in ways that challenge both colonial legacies and contemporary extractivism.]]>
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