Everyone reads the Bible from a location, a context. And everyone reads that Bible for their own context. It’s impossible not to. It’s just as impossible not to know these truths. Source The ones who don’t know these truths are the ones most dangerous to church and society. To think we are unimpacted by location and that our location does not preform our eyes to see one thing and not another weaponizes the Bible on behalf of one location.
Scot, I'm on a 3-month sabbatical and wanting to read some ethnic theologians for the very reasons who mention above. Do you have additional suggestions black, for Asian. and Hispanic views? Thank you.
I think this is so much harder for white western Christians to see as valid because we have centuries of mainstreaming our ideas. I'd love to read more widely but feel overwhelmed with where to start. Would you say this is a good introductory point? I'm not in an American context but Irish
Love this Scot… But as a European white male in South Africa, I’m wondering if you are aware of volumes of African interpretation (specifically of Paul) from the African continent? The national and continental stories are important back drops that inform interpretation and while I welcome the fresh publishing output of previously marginalised voices in the states, I’m looking for interpretation from a different narrative back drop.
Thanks, Scot, for underlining the crucial point that everyone reads the Bible from a location, and all theology is contextual. Langham publishers have been steadily building a catalogue of African context biblical studies, which includes the Africa Bible Commentary. Western, white evangelicals (myself included) have a lot of catching up to do! We desperately need to be listening to diverse voices from around the world. https://langhamliterature.org/books/africa-bible-commentary
Love this, Scot. Thanks for pointing us again toward an important resource. It has been so eye-opening to me to realize how hard it can be to find biblical commentaries and other biblical resources from women and BIPOC folks -- and to read the ones I find and realize how they open up the horizon of Scripture in such amazing ways!
One of the greatest gifts 2020 gave me was propulsion into considering theologies outside of my white experience. Wow, what treasures there are! I’m adding this one to my reading list.
Scot, I'm on a 3-month sabbatical and wanting to read some ethnic theologians for the very reasons who mention above. Do you have additional suggestions black, for Asian. and Hispanic views? Thank you.
I think this is so much harder for white western Christians to see as valid because we have centuries of mainstreaming our ideas. I'd love to read more widely but feel overwhelmed with where to start. Would you say this is a good introductory point? I'm not in an American context but Irish
Love this Scot… But as a European white male in South Africa, I’m wondering if you are aware of volumes of African interpretation (specifically of Paul) from the African continent? The national and continental stories are important back drops that inform interpretation and while I welcome the fresh publishing output of previously marginalised voices in the states, I’m looking for interpretation from a different narrative back drop.
Thanks, Scot, for underlining the crucial point that everyone reads the Bible from a location, and all theology is contextual. Langham publishers have been steadily building a catalogue of African context biblical studies, which includes the Africa Bible Commentary. Western, white evangelicals (myself included) have a lot of catching up to do! We desperately need to be listening to diverse voices from around the world. https://langhamliterature.org/books/africa-bible-commentary
Love this, Scot. Thanks for pointing us again toward an important resource. It has been so eye-opening to me to realize how hard it can be to find biblical commentaries and other biblical resources from women and BIPOC folks -- and to read the ones I find and realize how they open up the horizon of Scripture in such amazing ways!
One of the greatest gifts 2020 gave me was propulsion into considering theologies outside of my white experience. Wow, what treasures there are! I’m adding this one to my reading list.