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An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation

By: Nyasha Junior

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An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation

By: Nyasha Junior

An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation provides a much-needed introduction to womanist approaches to biblical interpretation. It argues that womanist biblical interpretation is not simply a byproduct of feminist biblical interpretation but part of a distinctive tradition of African American women's engagement with biblical texts. While womanist biblical interpretation is relatively new in the development of academic biblical studies, African American women are not newcomers to biblical interpretation. Written in an accessible style, this volume highlights the importance of both the Bible and race in the development of feminism and the emergence of womanism. It provides a history of feminist biblical interpretation and discusses the current state of womanist biblical interpretation as well as critical issues related to its development and future. Although some African American women identify themselves as "womanists," the term, its usage, its features, and its connection to feminism remain widely misunderstood. This excellent textbook is perfect for helping to introduce readers to the development and applications of womanist biblical interpretation.

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Presbyterian Publishing Corp

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0664259871

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9780664259877

An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation

By: Nyasha Junior

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Black Samson

The Untold Story of an American Icon

By: Nyasha Junior,Jeremy Schipper

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Black Samson

The Untold Story of an American Icon

By: Nyasha Junior,Jeremy Schipper

Leading biblical scholars tell the story of how Samson, a controversial biblical character, became a celebrated icon in African American literature and how Black Samson was used to address race in America.

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0190689781

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Reimagining Hagar

Blackness and Bible

By: Nyasha Junior

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Reimagining Hagar

Blackness and Bible

By: Nyasha Junior

Reimagining Hagar illustrates that while interpretations of Hagar as Black are not frequent within the entire history of her interpretation, such interpretations are part of strategies to emphasize elements of Hagar's story in order to associate or disassociate her from particular groups. It considers how interpreters engage markers of difference, including gender, ethnicity, status and their intersections in their portrayals of Hagar. Nyasha Junior offers a reception history that examines interpretations of Hagar with a focus on interpretations of Hagar as a Black woman. Reception history within biblical studies considers the use, impact, and influence of biblical texts and looks at a necessarily small number of points within the long history of the transmission of biblical texts. This volume covers a limited selection of interpretations over time that is not intended to be a representative sample of interpretations of Hagar. It is beyond the scope of this book to offer a comprehensive collection of interpretations of Hagar throughout the history of biblical interpretation or in popular culture. Junior argues for the African presence in biblical texts; identifies and responds to White supremacist interpretations; offers cultural-historical interpretation that attends to the history of biblical interpretation within Black communities; and provides ideological criticism that uses the African-American context as a reading strategy. Reimagining Hagar offers a history of interpretation, but also expands beyond interpretation among Black communities to consider how various interpreters have identified Hagar as Black.

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169

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Oxford University Press

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0191062502

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9780191062506

Should I Forgive?

Rape, Torture, Murder - The Ordeal of a Woman Who Defied Mugabe's Thugs in Zimbabwe

By: Nyasha 'Many Faces' Gapa

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Should I Forgive?

Rape, Torture, Murder - The Ordeal of a Woman Who Defied Mugabe's Thugs in Zimbabwe

By: Nyasha 'Many Faces' Gapa

The courageous few Zimbabweans who dared to stand up to President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party in the election campaigns of 2008 were persecuted, assaulted and in many cases brutally murdered. Should I Forgive? is based on the experiences of a young wife and mother, Nyasha Gapa, who was raped and beaten for daring to campaign for Morgan Tsvangirai’s opposition party MDC (Movement for Democratic Change). While many of the details of the story have been changed to protect Nyasha’s family and friends from further violence, all the events related in this tragic story, from the sadistic beating of Nyasha’s husband to their flight to South Africa, their exploitation by a white farmer, the racist persecution the refugees experienced there and the catastrophic fire, actually happened. Should I Forgive? is a heartbreaking story of staggering courage, endurance and love.

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Memoirs Publishing

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1909544264

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9781909544260

Reimagining Hagar

Blackness and Bible

By: Nyasha Junior

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Blackness and Bible

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Black Samson

The Untold Story of an American Icon

By: Jeremy Schipper,Nyasha Junior

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Black Samson

The Untold Story of an American Icon

By: Jeremy Schipper,Nyasha Junior

Before Harriet Tubman or Martin Luther King was identified with Moses, African Americans identified those who challenged racial oppression in America with Samson. In Black Samson: The Untold Story of an American Icon, Nyasha Junior and Jeremy Schipper tell the story of how this biblical character became an icon of African American literature. Along the way, Schipper and Junior introduce readers to a cast of historical characters -- many of whom became American icons themselves -- including Fredrick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Huey P. Newton and others. From stories of slave rebellions to the Harlem Renaissance to the civil rights era and the Black Power movement, invoking the biblical character of Samson became a powerful way for African American intellectuals, activists, and artists to voice strategies and opinions about race relations in America. As this provocative book reveals, the story of Black Samson became the story of our nation's contested racial history.

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Oxford University Press

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019068979X

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An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation

An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation

An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation

An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation

Black Samson

Black Samson

Reimagining Hagar

Reimagining Hagar

Should I Forgive?

Should I Forgive?

Reimagining Hagar

Reimagining Hagar

Black Samson

Black Samson

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