African American Readings of Paul by
Takes a historical, theological, and biblical approach to explore interpretations of Paul within African American communities over the past few centuries. 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.
Black Lives Matter to Jesus: The Salvation of Black Life and All Life in Luke and Acts (Online) by
To epitomize the return of all nations to God, Luke narrates the salvation of Black-skinned Africans. These Black lives are emphasized to signify that their representation in the church demonstrates the universal extent to which the salvation of Jesus Christ will reach.
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope (Online) by
A personal and scholarly testament to the power and hope of Black biblical interpretation. 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.
The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible (Online) by
The Talking Book casts the Bible as the central character in a vivid portrait of black America, tracing the origins of African-American culture from slavery's secluded forest prayer meetings to the bright lights and bold style of today's hip-hop artists.
Then the Whisper Put on Flesh: New Testament Ethics in an African American Context by
Studies selected New Testament texts and evaluates them in light of their first-century contexts, primarily from a socio-linguistic perspective, and then reads them through the eyes of the contemporary African American Christian.
Acts: A Theological Commentary (Online) by
While some see Acts as the story of the founding of the Christian church, Jennings argues that it is so much more, depicting revolution--life in the disrupting presence of the Spirit of God. Jennings shows that Acts teaches how people of faith can yield to the Spirit to overcome the divisions of our present world.
Call and Consequences: A Womanist Reading of Mark (Online) by
Raquel St. Clair brings a womanist perspective to questions of suffering, noting that marginalized persons, particularly women of color, have too often experienced the call to discipleship as a call simply to "suffering, shame, and surrogacy." Her close reading of the Gospel of Mark highlights the importance of freely accepting the consequences of answering Jesus' call.
Can I Get a Witness?: Reading Revelation through African American Culture by
Reads the book of Revelation through the lens of African American culture, drawing correspondences between Revelation's context and the long-standing suffering of African Americans.
No Longer Slaves: Galatians and African American Experience by
Offers a strategy for reading the biblical book of Galatians chapter by chapter to place the struggle for Black American liberation within a biblical, historical, racial, and gendered context.
A Postcolonial African American Re-Reading of Colossians by
Written from an African American perspective, this work depicts the presentation of the gospel message to the first-century community of Colossae, their reception of it comparative to the presentation and reception of the same to the enslaved Africans of North America particularly in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries.
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