

Reading While Black
African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
Author: Esau McCaulley
Narrator: Esau McCaulley
Unabridged: 5 hr 21 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Christian Audio
Published: 09/22/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Living, Social Issues, Biblical Studies
Synopsis
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.