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African American Readings of Paul: Reception, Resistance, and Transformation

Name: African American Readings of Paul: Reception, Resistance, and Transformation
Brand: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
SKU: 9780802876768
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Contributors:

Lisa M. Bowens, Emerson B. Powery (Foreword by), Beverly Roberts Gaventa (Afterword by)

Publisher:

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Religion, Social Science

Book Subcategory:

Biblical Criticism & Interpretation, Christian Church, Cultural & Ethnic Studies

Book Topic:

New Testament, History, American

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Release Date:

2020-10-13

ISBN 13:

9780802876768

Weight:

1.3 lbs

Size:

9.30 x 6.30 x 1.20 inches

Pages:

384

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The letters of Paul--especially the verse in Ephesians directing slaves to obey their masters--played an enormous role in promoting slavery and justifying it as a Christian practice. Yet despite this reality African Americans throughout history still utilized Paul extensively in their own work to protest and resist oppression, responding to his theology and teachings in numerous--often starkly divergent and liberative--ways.

In the first book of its kind, Lisa Bowens takes a historical, theological, and biblical approach to explore interpretations of Paul within African American communities over the past few centuries. She 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, many of which introduce readers to previously unknown names in the history of New Testament interpretation. Along with their hermeneutical value, these texts also provide fresh documentation of Black religious life through wide swaths of American history. African American Readings of Paul promises to change the landscape of Pauline studies and fill an important gap in the rising field of reception history.

About the Author
Lisa M. Bowens is associate professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. She is also the author of An Apostle in Battle: Paul and Spiritual Warfare in 2 Corinthians 12:1-10.

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