Reading the Bible from the Margins

By: Miguel A de la Torre

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Paperback | 1 November 2013

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A basic guide to reading the Bible from the perspective of the poor, oppressed, and marginalized.This readable and provocative introduction to hermeneutics emphasizes how issues of race, class, and gender influence our reading and understanding. Reading the Bible from the Margins begins where other texts fail to go: with the perspectives of those who society ignores. De La Torre shows how traditional or standard ways of approaching the Bible can be unacceptable to those who are discriminated against, and that the insights and understandings of biblical texts "from the margins" are enriching and valuable to all readers.

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This innovative resource is filled with considerable multicultural capital that can help many better understand the sad persistence of many 'great divides' in a nation that is so ready to proclaim to the world 'United We Stand!'--Cain Hope Felder, Howard University School of Divinity

Global in outlook, this volume highlights perspectives on the Bible from Korean Minjung to Mujerista . . . . Timely and challenging, it raises pertinent questions for mainstream biblical scholarship.--R.S. Sugirtharajah, University of Birmingham

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Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Liberating the Bible	p. 5
The Bible in the Real World	p. 8
Reading through Others' Eyes	p. 10
Learning to Read: The Importance of Words	p. 14
Defining Terms	p. 15
Imposing Twenty-First-Century Meanings on Ancient Texts	p. 17
Defining Racism	p. 20
The Factor of Language	p. 24
A Han Reading	p. 26
Multiple Consciousness	p. 27
The Center-Margin Dichotomy	p. 31
Reading the Bible from the Center	p. 36
A Privileged Reading	p. 38
A Biblical Paradigm for Justifying Privilege	p. 41
Pitfalls in Raising Consciousness	p. 48
Words of Concern	p. 49
Searching for the Abundant Life	p. 51
Unmasking the Biblical Justification of Racism and Classism	p. 55
Justifying Racism	p. 56
Beyond the Black-and-White Dichotomy	p. 58
African Americans	p. 59
Amerindians	p. 64
Asians	p. 66
Jews	p. 68
Justifying Classism	p. 70
Classism from the Margins	p. 76
Unmasking the Biblical Justification of Sexism	p. 82
Justifying Patriarchy	p. 83
Sexism from the Margins	p. 91
Feminism among Women of Color	p. 92
Justifying Homophobia	p. 96
Homophobia from the Margins	p. 100
The Hermeneutical Circle	p. 102
Who Do You Say I Am?	p. 104
The Economically Marginalized Christ	p. 108
A Hispanic Christ	p. 112
An Amerindian Christ	p. 116
An Asian American Christ	p. 119
A Black Christ	p. 121
A Female Christ	p. 123
A Gay Christ	p. 130
Perceiving the Character of Divinity	p. 132
God Sides with Today's Crucified People	p. 133
God Is Victorious	p. 135
Jesus Saves	p. 136
The Rich Young Ruler, the Sinning Tax Collector, and the Begging Blind Man	p. 139
More Than Just Climbing Sycamore Trees	p. 142
I Once Was Blind	p. 143
Of Sheep and Goats	p. 144
Communal Essence of Justice	p. 146
Are You Saved?	p. 148
Can't We All Just Get Along?	p. 151
The Dysfunctional Family	p. 152
Forgive and Forget?	p. 153
Power to Direct the Discourse	p. 154
Power to Name	p. 155
Power Not to See a Need to Repent	p. 155
Power to Become the "Real" Victim	p. 156
Cheap Forgiveness	p. 158
What the Center Can Learn about the Bible	p. 160
Exodus: God the Liberator	p. 160
Amos: God the Seeker of Justice	p. 161
The Gospels: God the Doer	p. 165
Acts and the Letters from Paul: God the Subverter	p. 167
The Bible in the Twenty-First Century	p. 170
Notes	p. 173
Bibliography	p. 181
General Index	p. 185
Scripture Index	p. 194
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