Dangerous Dogma 190. Angela Parker on Evangelicals, Biblical Interpretation, & White Supremacy
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Oct 8, 2025 Angela Parker, an associate professor of New Testament and Greek and author, dives into the complexities of evangelicalism and biblical interpretation. She emphasizes the importance of engaging with diverse communities to uncover fresh insights in scripture. Parker critiques the use of inerrancy as a tool for enforcing patriarchal authority and discusses how historical events shape contemporary racism. She advocates for acknowledging race in biblical texts and connects the dots between power dynamics and social justice, while previewing her upcoming book, Faith Unlynched.
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Diverse Readers Reveal New Questions
- Reading scripture with people from different life experiences surfaces questions others miss and deepens interpretation.
- Angela Parker shows how gender and slavery contexts change how Paul's metaphors and claims are heard.
Inerrancy Carries Social Power
- Doctrines like inerrancy traveled into Black faith from white evangelicalism and carried power dynamics with them.
- Parker argues those doctrines function differently in white evangelical settings than in Black homes and churches.
Inerrancy As A Rhetorical Club
- Inerrancy often operates rhetorically to make a pastor's reading untouchable rather than as a textual claim about originals.
- That rhetorical use elevates pastoral authority and shields it from challenge.
