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Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

They often saw the Bible as being as much a part of the problem as the solution. To be fair, they often found great solace in the broad themes of the Bible. They knew the prophets and Jesus’ own words about how the poor deserve dignity and are loved by God. It was true that insomuch as they spoke about these things they echoed a tradition that I knew, but other elements of the Christian story were changed and shifted in a way that I could not quite articulate. Moreover, I was told repeatedly that
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