It wasn't a quest to find Black people within the canon or a liberative hermeneutic for Black people. African Americans and the Bible laid out an agenda for critically studying, as the accompanying anthology's subtitle states, "sacred texts and social textures."
The Journal of Biblical Literature recently published a series on ways that biblical scholars have engaged with #BlackLivesMatter in their work.
Although Donald Trump has had success connecting with white evangelicals, Amanda Robbins (Elizabethtown College '17) looks at the disconnect between Donald Trump and black Christian voters. This is the second issue in our second volume on the Bible and Race in the USA. You can see the first volume here. The world is watching as the United States presidential … Continue reading Black Christians and Donald Trump
The editors of The Practicum Blog asked me to share my take on REL101 for their Syllabus Project series.
