Race and biblical studies : antiracism pedagogy for the classroom / edited by Tat-siong Benny Liew and Shelly Matthews.
| Other author | Liew, Tat-siong Benny, editor. |
| Other author | Matthews, Shelly editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Atlanta, Georgia : SBL Press, 2022. |
| Copyright Date | cu2022 |
| Description | xiii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Resources for biblical study Resources for biblical study ; no. 101. ^A1002573 |
| Contents | Introduction: Racism, classroom teaching, and beyond / Tat-siong Benny LIew, Shelly Matthews -- Part 1. Naming Contexts -- From Africa to Mesopotamia (Genesis 2:13-14) and from India to Ethiopia (Esther 1:1b): How an Afro-Asiatic biblical construction was twisted into a Eurocentric claim / Randall C. Bailey -- Anachronistic whiteness and the ethics of interpretation / Denise Kimber Buell -- Is the Hebrew Bible racist? Diversity and antiracist reading practices / Juli̐uan Andr̐ues Gonz̐ualez Holguin -- One nation under God: Teaching biblical studies in the era of religious nationalism / Sharon Jacob -- Exegeting racism: Before and after Hurricane Maria / Jean-Pierre Ruiz -- Staying awake: Constructing critical race literacy and reorienting biblical studies / Abraham Smith -- Part 2. Empowering Students -- Pedagogies of race and the Bible / Eric D. Barreto -- Teaching Vivaldi: Pedagogical responses to the work of Claude M. Steele / Greg Carey -- Teaching through Testimonio: Latinx biblical studies and students as knowledge producers / Kay Higuera Smith -- An intercultural approach: Latinx students, exegesis, and the border wall / Francisco Lozada Jr. -- Part 3. Reframing Contexts -- Seeing who's not there: Vel̐uazquez's Kitchen Maid with the Supper at Emmaus / Sonja Anderson -- Can the biblical subaltern speak? A case for multiple historical criticisms / Haley Gabrielle -- Reflections on teaching the Bible and Black Lives Matter in a divinity school / Wilda C. Gafney -- "And I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are now an Alien": Kinship and land as devices for inclusive pedagogies / Roger S. Nam -- A pedagogy of ethnic prejudice in Matthew 15:21-28 / Wongi Park. |
| Abstract | "The biblical studies classroom can be a site of personal and social transformation. To make it a space for positive change, the contributors to this volume question and reevaluate traditional teaching practices and assessment tools that foreground white, Western scholarship in order to offer practical guidance for an antiracist pedagogy. The introduction and fifteen essays provide tools for engaging issues of social context and scriptural authority, nationalism and religious identities, critical race theory, and how race, gender, and class can be addressed empathetically. Contributors Sonja Anderson, Randall C. Bailey, Eric D. Barreto, Denise Kimber Buell, Greg Carey, Haley Gabrielle, Wilda C. Gafney, Jul̐uin And̐urs Gon̐uzlez Holg̐uun, Sharon Jacob, Tat-siong Benny Liew, Francisco Lozada Jr., Shelly Matthews, Roger S. Nam, Wongi Park, Jean-Pierre Ruiz, Abraham Smith, and Kay Higuera Smith share their experience creating classrooms that are spaces that enable the production of new knowledge without reproducing a white subject of the geopolitical West." -- Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN | 9781628374377 |
| ISBN | 1628374373 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781628375305 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1628375302 (hardcover) |