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Reading the Bible from the Margins
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This introduction to reading and understanding the Bible focuses on perspectives that are often ignored. Here, emphasis is placed on how issues involving race, class, and gender influence our understanding of the Bible. The author shows how "standard" readings of the Bible are not always acceptable to people or groups on the "margins." The poor and those who are targets of discrimination because of their ethnic group or gender may have quite different insights and understandings of biblical texts that can be of value to all readers. (From the Publisher)
Table Of Content:
Preface
Introduction
Liberating the Bible
The Bible in the Real World
Reading through Others' Eyes
ch. 1 Learning to Read: The Importance of Words
Defining Terms
Imposing Twenty-First-Century Meanings on Ancient Texts
Defining Racism
The Factor of Language
A Han Reading
Multiple Consciousness
The Center-Margin Dichotomy
ch. 2 Reading the Bible from the Center
A Privileged Reading
A Biblical Paradigm for Justifying Privilege
Pitfalls in Raising Consciousness
Words of Concern
Searching for the Abundant Life
ch. 3 Unmasking the Biblical Justification of Racism and Classism
Justifying Racism
Beyond the Black-and-White Dichotomy
African Americans
Amerindians
Asians
Jews
Justifying Classism
Classism from the Margins
ch. 4 Unmasking the Biblical Justification of Sexism
Justifying Patriarchy
Sexism from the Margins
Feminism among Women of Color
Justifying Homophobia
Homophobia from the Margins
The Hermeneutical Circle
ch. 5 Who Do You Say I Am?
The Economically Marginalized Christ
A Hispanic Christ
An Amerindian Christ
An Asian American Christ
A Black Christ
A Female Christ
A Gay Christ
Perceiving the Character of Divinity
God Sides with Today's Crucified People
God Is Victorious
ch. 6 Jesus Saves
The Rich Young Ruler, the Sinning Tax Collector, and the Begging Blind Man
More Than Just Climbing Sycamore Trees
I Once Was Blind
Of Sheep and Goats
Communal Essence of Justice
Are You Saved?
ch. 7 Can't We All Just Get Along?
The Dysfunctional Family
Forgive and Forget?
Power to Direct the Discourse
Power to Name
Power Not to See a Need to Repent
Power to Become the "Real" Victim
Cheap Forgiveness
What the Center Can Learn about the Bible
Exodus: God the Liberator
Amos: God the Seeker of Justice
The Gospels: God the Doer
Acts and the Letters from Paul: God the Subverter
The Bible in the Twenty-First Century
Notes
Bibliography
General Index
Scripture Index
This introduction to reading and understanding the Bible focuses on perspectives that are often ignored. Here, emphasis is placed on how issues involving race, class, and gender influence our understanding of the Bible. The author shows how "standard" readings of the Bible are not always acceptable to people or groups on the "margins." The poor and those who are targets of discrimination because of their ethnic group or gender may have quite different insights and understandings of biblical texts that can be of value to all readers. (From the Publisher)
Table Of Content:
Preface
Introduction
Liberating the Bible
The Bible in the Real World
Reading through Others' Eyes
ch. 1 Learning to Read: The Importance of Words
Defining Terms
Imposing Twenty-First-Century Meanings on Ancient Texts
Defining Racism
The Factor of Language
A Han Reading
Multiple Consciousness
The Center-Margin Dichotomy
ch. 2 Reading the Bible from the Center
A Privileged Reading
A Biblical Paradigm for Justifying Privilege
Pitfalls in Raising Consciousness
Words of Concern
Searching for the Abundant Life
ch. 3 Unmasking the Biblical Justification of Racism and Classism
Justifying Racism
Beyond the Black-and-White Dichotomy
African Americans
Amerindians
Asians
Jews
Justifying Classism
Classism from the Margins
ch. 4 Unmasking the Biblical Justification of Sexism
Justifying Patriarchy
Sexism from the Margins
Feminism among Women of Color
Justifying Homophobia
Homophobia from the Margins
The Hermeneutical Circle
ch. 5 Who Do You Say I Am?
The Economically Marginalized Christ
A Hispanic Christ
An Amerindian Christ
An Asian American Christ
A Black Christ
A Female Christ
A Gay Christ
Perceiving the Character of Divinity
God Sides with Today's Crucified People
God Is Victorious
ch. 6 Jesus Saves
The Rich Young Ruler, the Sinning Tax Collector, and the Begging Blind Man
More Than Just Climbing Sycamore Trees
I Once Was Blind
Of Sheep and Goats
Communal Essence of Justice
Are You Saved?
ch. 7 Can't We All Just Get Along?
The Dysfunctional Family
Forgive and Forget?
Power to Direct the Discourse
Power to Name
Power Not to See a Need to Repent
Power to Become the "Real" Victim
Cheap Forgiveness
What the Center Can Learn about the Bible
Exodus: God the Liberator
Amos: God the Seeker of Justice
The Gospels: God the Doer
Acts and the Letters from Paul: God the Subverter
The Bible in the Twenty-First Century
Notes
Bibliography
General Index
Scripture Index