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Biblical scholars, theologians, and religious historians have largely ignored the issue of reparations. The time is now to engage with and make the case. Written for students, scholars, and pastors, the essays in Reparations and the Theological Disciplines emphatically advocate for a reparational ethic of remembrance, reckoning, and repair.
List of contents
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Introduction: Toolbox for a Journey of Remembrance, Reckoning, and Repair. Michael Barram, Drew G. I. Hart, Gimbiya Kettering, and Michael J. Rhodes
Part One: Reparations and the Bible
Chapter One: Reparations in Exodus, Matthew Schlimm
Chapter Two: Bypassing the Bible: Why Exodus 21 and Deuteronomy 15 Did Not Influence and Have Not Influenced Reparations Proposals, Stacy Davis
Chapter Three: Witness: The Job: How to Talk to White People About Reparations, Gimbiya Kettering
Chapter Four: From Here to Jubilee: Reading Torah in Dialogue with Darity and Mullen's Case for Reparations, Michael J. Rhodes
Chapter Five: Reparational Reasoning: The Biblical Jubilee as Moral Formation for a More Just Future, Michael Barram
Chapter Six: Witness: Zacchaeus and the Call to Repair: A Sermon on Luke 19:1-10, Duke L. Kwon
Chapter Seven: You Cannot Pay Back What You Have Never Owned: A Conversation on Reparations and Paul's Letter to Philemon, Angela N. Parker
Chapter Eight: Philemon as a Plea for Reparations Then and Now, Michael J. Gorman
Part Two: Reparations and Christian Theology
Chapter Nine: The Reparational God, Mark Labberton
Chapter Ten: Myth, Belonging, and Reparative Ethics: A Theological and Pedagogical Account, Drew G. I. Hart
Chapter Eleven: "Don't Make Me Feel Guilty": Why Penal Substitution Interferes with Reparations and Reconciliation, Mako A. Nagasawa
Chapter Twelve: Witness: Reparations or Atonement: Searching for an Appropriate Vessel, Rodney S. Sadler Jr.
Chapter Thirteen: Reparations NOW: For The Glory of God, Ekemini Uwan
Chapter Fourteen: Catholic Social Thought and Reparations, Christina McRorie
Part Three: Reparations in History and Contemporary Praxis
Chapter Fifteen: The DC Compensated Emancipation Act as Precedent for Reparations, Renee K. Harrison
Chapter Sixteen: Reparation as Reckoning, Malcolm Foley
Chapter Seventeen: Witness: The Call for Truth and Reparations in Minnesota, Jim Bear Jacobs, Pamela R. Ngunjiri, and Curtiss Paul DeYoung
Chapter Eighteen: "Bear Fruits Worthy of Repentance": A Black Administrator's Perspective on the Challenge and Promise of the Virginia Theological Seminary Reparations Program, Joseph Downing Thompson Jr.
Conclusion, Drew G. I. Hart
About the Contributors
About the author
Michael Barram is professor of theology and religious studies at Saint Mary's College of California.
Drew G. I. Hart is associate professor of theology at Messiah University and program director of Thriving Together Congregations for Racial Justice.
Gimbiya Kettering, M.F.A., rooted in the Church of the Brethren, leads workshops about racism in the church and gospel-based social justice.
Michael J. Rhodes is lecturer in Old Testament at Carey Baptist College.
