{"product_id":"race-and-rhyme-rereading-the-new-testament-9780802867131","title":"Race and Rhyme: Rereading the New Testament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA leading womanist biblical scholar reads passages from the New Testament in dialogue with modern-day issues of racial justice.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narratives and letters of the New Testament emerged from a particular set of historical contexts that differ from today's, but they resonate with us because of how the issues they raise \"rhyme\" with subjects of contemporary relevance. Listening for these echoes of the present in the past, Love Sechrest utilizes her cultural experience and her perspective as a Black woman scholar to reassess passages in the New Testament that deal with intergroup conflict, ethnoracial tension, and power dynamics between dominant and minoritized groups. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter providing an overview of womanist biblical interpretation and related terminology, Sechrest utilizes an approach she calls \"associative hermeneutics\" to place select New Testament texts in dialogue with modern-day issues of racial justice. Topics include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eantiracist allyship and Jesus's interaction with marginalized individuals in the Gospel of Matthew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecultural assimilation and Jesus's teachings about family and acceptance in the Gospel of Luke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egendered stereotypes and the story of the Samaritan woman in the Gospel of John\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe experience of Black women and girls in the American criminal justice system and the woman accused of adultery in the Gospel of John\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egroup identity and the incorporation of Gentiles into the early Jesus movement in Acts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprivilege and Paul's claims to apostolic authority in 2 Corinthians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecoalition-building between diverse groups and the discussion of unity in Ephesians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egovernment's role in providing social welfare and early Christians' relationship to the Roman Empire in Romans and Revelation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough these creative and illuminating connections, Sechrest offers a rich bounty of new insights from Scripture--drawing out matters of justice and human dignity that spoke to early Christians and can speak still to Christians willing to listen today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove Lazarus Sechrest\u003c\/b\u003e is vice president for academic affairs, dean of faculty, and associate professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. Her scholarship is centered on womanist and African American biblical interpretation and New Testament ethics; she co-chaired the Society of Biblical Literature's African American Biblical Hermeneutics Section from 2012 to 2017 and gives presentations on race, ethnicity, and Christian thought in a variety of academic, church, and business contexts. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Former Jew: Paul and the Dialectics of Race\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCan \"White\" People Be Saved? Triangulating Race, Theology, and Mission\u003c\/i\u003e. A second-career scholar, she previously worked as a senior manager in the aerospace industry at General Electric.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52158541725970,"sku":"9780802867131","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c34d8ca-fce1-4004-9008-ee92154ef722.jpg?v=1774965068","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/race-and-rhyme-rereading-the-new-testament-9780802867131","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}