Title: Reading the Bible from the margins /
Authors: De La Torre, Miguel A.
Publisher: Orbis Books,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Bible Hermeneutics.; Marginality, Social Religious aspects Christianity
Abstract: A basic guide to reading the Bible from the perspective of the poor, oppressed, and marginalized. This readable and provocative introduction to hermeneutics emphasizes how issues of race, class, and gender influence our reading and understanding. Reading the Bible from the Margins begins where other texts fail to go: with the perspectives of those who society ignores. De La Torre shows how traditional or standard ways of approaching the Bible can be unacceptable to those who are discriminated against, and that the insights and understandings of biblical texts "from the margins" are enriching and valuable 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?