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It appears that our faith has been distorted. As we celebrate Black History Month and prepare for Lent, how can uncovering the black presence in the Bible aid us in mourning against the sin...
Who Are Some Important Black People Mentioned in the Bible? There are black people in the Bible in the Old and New Testaments. Here are four notable references.
By manacling and herding millions of Africans onto ships bound for the colonies, slave traders and their enabling church leaders and governments had persuaded themselves that they were guiding the...
The African presence in the Bible can be traced even deeper in the Bible. Moses, “The Prince of Egypt,” is born of Hebrew slaves, but is raised by Egyptians. Remember how Moses’ mother and sister put him in a basket in the Nile so that Pharaoh won’t find him and kill him?
Black Christians generally demonstrate a higher regard for and deeper devotion to Scripture than other demographic groups in America: A 2017 Barna study showed that many more Black Americans...
African American biblical hermeneutics or African American biblical interpretation is the study of the interpretation of the Christian Bible, informed by African American history and experiences.
Seeing Black people in scripture. Esau McCaulley’s book reclaims what the Black church has always known. by Jessica Hooten Wilson in the December 16, 2020 issue. Share. African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope. What does it mean to exercise hope while reading the Bible?
In this important and concise book, Wimbush demonstrates how the Bible empowered African Americans with agency and social power, still true today. When their voices were taken away, the Bible offered a way to speak again. 978-1-5064-8849-3. Religion, African American Studies, American Studies.
The author explains that “Black ecclesial interpreters,” by which he means “Black scholars and pastors formed by the faith found in the foundational and ongoing doctrinal commitments, sermons, public witness, and ethos of the Black church,” are often overlooked in the academy and majority culture.
In this section you will find introductions to African American biblical interpretation, single volume Commentaries, study Bibles, and case studies in Hebrew Bible and New Testament interpretation, and the history of African American biblical interpretation and womanist interpretation.