Reading the Bible from the Margin

Reading the Bible from the Margin
Tác giả:	Miguel A. De La Torre
Ký hiệu tác giả:	TO-M
DDC:	220.6 - Kinh Thánh - Giải thích và phê bình
Ngôn ngữ:	Anh
Số cuốn:	1

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Contents
Preface
Introduction	1
Liberating the Bible	5
The Bible in the Real World	8
Reading through Others’ Eyes	10
1: Learning to Read	14
The Importance of Words Defining Terms	15
Imposing Twenty-First-Century Meanings on Ancient Texts	17
Defining Racism	20
The Factor of Language	24
A Han Reading	26
Multiple Consciousness	27
The Center-Margin Dichotomy	31
2: Reading the Bible from the Center	36
A Privileged Reading	38
A Biblical Paradigm for Justifying Privilege	41
Pitfalls in Raising Consciousness	48
Words of Concern	49
Searching for the Abundant Life	51
3: Unmasking the Biblical Justification of Racism and Classism	55
Justifying Racism	56
Beyond the Black-and-white Dichotomy	58
AfricanAmericans	59
Amerindians	64
Asians	66
Jews	68
Justifying Classism	70
Classism from the Margins	76
4: Unmasking the Biblical Justification of Sexism Justifying	82
Patriarchy	83
Sexism from the Margins	91
Feminism among Women of Color	82
Justifying Homophobia	96
Homophobia from the Margins	100

The Hermeneutical Circle	102
5: Who Do You Say I Am?
The Economically Marginalized Christ 108 A Hispanic Christ 112 An Amerindian Christ	116
An Asian American Christ	119
A Black Christ	121
A Female Christ	123
A Gay Christ	130
Perceiving the Character of Divinity	132
God Sides with Today’s Crucified People	133
God Is Victorious	135
6: Jesus Saves	136
The Rich Young Ruler, the Sinning Tax Collector, and the Begging Blind Man 139	139
More Than Just Climbing Sycamore Trees I Once Was Blind	143
Of Sheep and Goats	144
Communal Essence of Justice	146
Are You Saved?	148
7: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
The Dysfunctional Family	152
Forgive and Forget?	153
Power to Direct the Discourse	154
Power to Name	155
Power Not to See a Need to Repent	155
Power to Become the “Real” Victim	156
Cheap Forgiveness	158
What the Center Can Learn about the Bible	160
Exodus: God the Liberator	160
Amos: God the Seeker of Justice	161
The Gospels: God the Doer	165
Acts and the Letters from Paul: God the Subverter	167
The Bible in the Twenty-First Century	170
Notes	173
Bibliography	181
General Index	185
General Index	194

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