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African American readings of Paul : reception, resistance, and transformation / Lisa M. Bowens.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2020Description: xix, 335 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780802876768
  • 0802876765
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Contents:
Foreword / Emerson B. Powery -- Introduction : African American Pauline hermeneutics -- Early eighteenth century to early nineteenth century -- Mid-nineteenth century to late nineteenth century -- Late nineteenth century to mid-twentieth century -- Pauline language in enslaved conversion experiences and call narratives -- African American Pauline hermeneutics and the art of biblical interpretation -- Afterword / Beverly Roberts Gaventa.
Summary: "The letters of Paul--especially the verse in Ephesians directing slaves to obey their masters--played an enormous role in promoting slavery and justifying it as a Christian practice. Yet despite this reality African Americans throughout history still utilized Paul extensively in their own work to protest and resist oppression, responding to his theology and teachings in numerous--often starkly divergent and liberative--ways. In the first book of its kind, Lisa Bowens takes a historical, theological, and biblical approach to explore interpretations of Paul within African American communities over the past few centuries. She surveys a wealth of primary sources from the early 1700s to the mid-twentieth century, including sermons, conversion stories, slave petitions, and autobiographies of ex-slaves, many of which introduce readers to previously unknown names in the history of New Testament interpretation. Along with their hermeneutical value, these texts also provide fresh documentation of Black religious life through wide swaths of American history. African American Readings of Paul promises to change the landscape of Pauline studies and fill an important gap in the rising field of reception history.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Main Collection John Kinder Theological Library BS521.2 BOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A42376225

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-325) and indexes.

Foreword / Emerson B. Powery -- Introduction : African American Pauline hermeneutics -- Early eighteenth century to early nineteenth century -- Mid-nineteenth century to late nineteenth century -- Late nineteenth century to mid-twentieth century -- Pauline language in enslaved conversion experiences and call narratives -- African American Pauline hermeneutics and the art of biblical interpretation -- Afterword / Beverly Roberts Gaventa.

"The letters of Paul--especially the verse in Ephesians directing slaves to obey their masters--played an enormous role in promoting slavery and justifying it as a Christian practice. Yet despite this reality African Americans throughout history still utilized Paul extensively in their own work to protest and resist oppression, responding to his theology and teachings in numerous--often starkly divergent and liberative--ways. In the first book of its kind, Lisa Bowens takes a historical, theological, and biblical approach to explore interpretations of Paul within African American communities over the past few centuries. She surveys a wealth of primary sources from the early 1700s to the mid-twentieth century, including sermons, conversion stories, slave petitions, and autobiographies of ex-slaves, many of which introduce readers to previously unknown names in the history of New Testament interpretation. Along with their hermeneutical value, these texts also provide fresh documentation of Black religious life through wide swaths of American history. African American Readings of Paul promises to change the landscape of Pauline studies and fill an important gap in the rising field of reception history.

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