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McCaulley, Esau.
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Bible -- Black interpretations.
Blacks -- United States -- Religion.
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McCaulley, Esau.
Bible -- Black interpretations.
Blacks -- United States -- Religion.
MARC Display
Reading while Black :
African
American
biblical
interpretation
as an
exercise
in
hope
/ Esau McCaulley.
by
McCaulley, Esau.
IVP Academic, 2020.
Call #:
220.6 M478r
Subjects
Bible -- Black interpretations.
Blacks -- United States -- Religion.
ISBN:
9780830854868 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
African
American
biblical
interpretation
as an
exercise
in
hope
Description:
198 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194) and indexes.
Summary:
"Growing up in the
American
South, Esau McCaulley knew firsthand the ongoing struggle between despair and
hope
that marks the lives of some in the
African
American
context. A key element in the fight for
hope
, he discovered, has long been the practice of Bible reading and
interpretation
that comes out of traditional Black churches. This ecclesial tradition is often disregarded or viewed with suspicion by much of the wider church and academy, but it has something vital to say. Reading While Black is a personal and scholarly testament to the power and
hope
of Black
biblical
interpretation
. At a time in which some within the
African
American
community are questioning the place of the Christian faith in the struggle for justice, New Testament scholar McCaulley argues that reading Scripture from the perspective of Black church tradition is invaluable for connecting with a rich faith history and addressing the urgent issues of our times. He advocates for a model of
interpretation
that involves an ongoing conversation between the collective Black experience and the Bible, in which the particular questions coming out of Black communities are given pride of place and the Bible is given space to respond by affirming, challenging, and, at times, reshaping Black concerns. McCaulley demonstrates this model with studies on how Scripture speaks to topics often overlooked by white interpreters, such as ethnicity, political protest, policing, and slavery. Ultimately McCaulley calls the church to a dynamic theological engagement with Scripture, in which Christians of diverse backgrounds dialogue with their own social location as well as the cultures of others."--From publisher.
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