Read more
Inspired by the current political moment around the globe in which uprisings, protests, revolutions, and movements are on the rise, this book examines the intersections between the Bible and activism.
List of contents
Activist Hermeneutics of Liberation and the Bible
Jin Young Choi and Gregory L. Cuéllar
Part I: The Bible and Activist Movements
1 My Light is Darkness: Reading (the Bible) with Baldwin for #BLM
Adam F. Braun
2 The Colonies Strike Back: How Latin-American Liberation Theology Saved Christianity in Post-Dictatorial Spain
Luis Menéndez-Antuña
3 Intersectionality in Biblical Studies: A Tool Toward Social Justice Activism?
Mónica Isabel Rey
4 Social Movements in Hong Kong and the Bible
Sonia Kwok WongPart II: Empowering Activists with the Bible
5 Qohelet and
Jaiba Politics: Ecclesiastes and Activist Resistance from a Puerto Rican Perspective
Lydia Hernández-Marcial
6 Name of the Nameless: An Intercultural Reading of the Significance of Naming the Children in Hosea 1:2-9
Royce M. Victor
Part III Activist Teachers of the Bible
7 "I Am No Longer a Professor": A Pedagogy of Living Word Becoming Flesh
Melanie A. Duguid-May
8 Stuff the Bible: Psalm 137
Jione Havea
9 #MeToo #BibleToo: Teaching Ethics of Sex with the Bible for Justice
Keun-joo Christine Pae
Epilogue: The Embodied Cost of Knowledge Activism
Sarojini Nadar
About the author
Jin Young Choi is a professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, USA.
Gregory L. Cuéllar is an associate professor of Old Testament at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA.
Summary
Inspired by the current political moment around the globe in which uprisings, protests, revolutions, and movements are on the rise, this book examines the intersections between the Bible and activism.
