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  • Reading While Black

  • African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
  • By: Esau McCaulley
  • Narrated by: Esau McCaulley
  • Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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Reading While Black

By: Esau McCaulley
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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.

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.

©2020 Esau D. McCaulley (P)2020 eChristian
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An excellent example of exegesis and hermeneutic

Every Christian trying to find hope in scripture should read this. While Dr Mccaulley deals with a limited number of issues facing black Americans, the framework based on historic Black Christians both in America through slavery and Africa before them, gives principles that any Christian will find hope in no matter what you are facing.

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Self pity

Droning and miserable attempt by a man unappreciative of his privilege trying to guilt trip innocent the hearer.

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