edited by Gay L. Byron and Vanessa Lovelace
SBL Press, 2016
Cloth: 978-0-88414-185-3 | Paper: 978-1-62837-152-9 | eISBN: 978-0-88414-184-6
Library of Congress Classification BS521.4.W66 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 220.6082

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Expand the discourse and open the spheres of engagement to include new voices of scholars and bold, innovative interpretive approaches


This edited volume brings together cross-generational and cross-cultural readings of the Bible and other sacred sources by including scholars from the Caribbean, India, and Africa who have not traditionally fit into the narrow U.S., African American paradigm for understanding womanist biblical interpretation. The volume engages the reader in a wide range of interdisciplinary methods and perspectives, such as gender and feminist criticism, social-scientific methods, post-colonial and psychoanalytical theory that emphasize the inherently intersectional dynamics of race, ethnicity, and class at work in womanist thought and analysis.


Features



  • Topics include the Black Lives Matter movement, domestic violence, and AIDS, while at the same time uncovering the roles of children, women, and other marginalized persons in biblical narratives

  • Coverage of Hebrew Bible and New Testament texts, as well as Ifa spiritual narratives, Hindu scripture, and Ethiopic texts

  • Responses from four respected womanist and feminist critics: Katherine Doob Sakenfeld, Emilie Townes, Layli (Phillips) Maparyan, and Sarojini Nadar