Reading the Bible from the margins / Miguel A. De La Torre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De La Torre, Miguel A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Hermeneutics.

Bible.

Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

xii, 196 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [2002]

Summary:

This introduction to reading and understanding the Bible focuses on perspectives that are often ignored. Here, emphasis is placed on how issues involving race, class, and gender influence our understanding of the Bible. The author shows how "standard" readings of the Bible are not always acceptable to people or groups on the "margins." The poor and those who are targets of discrimination because of their ethnic group or gender may have quite different insights and understandings of biblical texts that can be of value to all readers.

Contents:

Learning to read : the importance of words

Reading the Bible from the center

Unmasking the biblical justification of racism and classism

Unmasking the biblical justification of sexism

Who do you say I am?

Jesus saves

Can't we all just get along?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and indexes.

ISBN:

1570754101

OCLC:

48892239