![]() ![]() ‘I have in mind Black scholars and pastors formed by the faith found in the foundation and ongoing doctrinal commitments, sermon, public witness, and ethos of the Black church.’ Reading While Black, Esau McCaulley, p4-5 In the opening chapter, The South Got Somethin’ to say he defines ‘Black ecclesial interpretation’ by saying, His book, Reading While Black is a fantastic introduction to Black ecclesial interpretation, and is an important read, whether for Black Christians who wonder how the Bible speaks to their experience and concerns, or for white Christians, like myself, who want to get better at hearing and conveying the ways in which Scripture speaks to people whose experience and perspective differs vastly to my own. Esau McCaulley is a New Testament scholar and Anglican priest, and currently serves as assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. This is a work against the cynicism of some who doubt that the Bible has something to say it is a work contending for hope.’ Reading While Black, Esau McCaulley, p6 I want to contend that the best instincts of the Black church tradition – its public advocacy for justice, its affirmation of the work of Black bodies and souls, its vision of a multiethnic community of faith – can be embodied by those who stand at the centre of this tradition. ![]() ‘I want to make a case that this unapologetically Black and orthodox reading of the Bible can speak a relevant word to Black Christians today. ![]()
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