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Reading While Black
African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
Book • 2020
In *Reading While Black*, Esau McCaulley provides a detailed analysis of African American biblical interpretation, addressing contemporary issues such as protest and injustice, policing and police brutality, ethnicity and Black identity, and the Bible's stance on slavery.
The book integrates personal narratives, insights into the Black church and American culture, and careful biblical exegesis to highlight how the Scriptures support Black justice and liberation.
McCaulley draws on various biblical passages and interweaves them with the African American experience, emphasizing the Exodus narrative as a metanarrative of deliverance for the oppressed.
The book integrates personal narratives, insights into the Black church and American culture, and careful biblical exegesis to highlight how the Scriptures support Black justice and liberation.
McCaulley draws on various biblical passages and interweaves them with the African American experience, emphasizing the Exodus narrative as a metanarrative of deliverance for the oppressed.
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Mentioned in 6 episodes
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as his first book, exploring biblical interpretation from a social location.

Esau McCaulley

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as a resource for understanding African-American biblical interpretation.


Tim Mackie

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Mentioned by Speaker 1 as a book that offers biblical theology from the perspective of the American black church tradition.

Reading While Black – Feat. Dr. Esau McCaulley
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for its insightful perspective on race and literature.

Tim Whitaker

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as a book he wrote on black hermeneutics.


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as a pivotal book in her life.

Marie Beech

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in discussion of Paul's approach to slavery.


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