Reading In-Between

How Minoritized Cultural Communities Interpret the Bible in Canada

Néstor Medina, Alison Hari-Singh, HyeRan Kim-Cragg, Néstor Medina, Alison Hari-Singh

• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781532641824
  9781532674853
• eBook ISBN:
  9781725250550
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

This volume presents a tapestry of narratives in which the lived experiences of eight racially minoritized theologians and biblical scholars are woven together to present an interdisciplinary exploration of the direct impact that ethnocultural traditions have in shaping the way people read and interpret the biblical text. Moving beyond traditional approaches to biblical hermeneutics steeped in Euro-normativity, Canadian scholars from Latino/a, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Cree, and AfriCaribbean backgrounds draw on their respective locations to articulate how their communities engage the Bible. Together they show that ethnicity and cultural tradition enrich how different communities weave their life stories with the biblical text in hope of finding wisdom within it. By focusing on questions rooted in their particular traditions, these diverse hermeneutical engagements show narrative to be central to the interpretive task within diverse ethnocultural communities.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contributors
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Chinese Canadian Identities and the Reading of the Bible
• Chapter 3: Toward a Version of “Narratival Hermeneutics”—Reading Ecclesiastes Ethno-Culturally with a Chinese Lens
• Chapter 4: Inter-Positioning
• Chapter 5: Latinas/os, the Cultural, and the Bible
• Chapter 6: Bhakti, Sadhu Sundar Singh, and the Art of Reading Scripture
• Chapter 7: First Peoples, Narrative, and Bible Translation
• Chapter 8: Visible but Voiceless Minorities no More
• Chapter 9: As One Minoritized Reader to Another
• Bibliography