Reading While Black: Esau McCaulley, Showers Lecture II

Is it proper to speak about a 'Black' reading of the Bible given the universality of the Christian message? These lectures will show how the particular traditions of Bible reading in the Black Christian community developed as a particular enculturation of the saving truths of the Christian faith that add to rather than detract from the work of knowing and understanding God. It will point to the gifts that the Black church brings to the body of Christ.

Speaker Bio: Rev. Esau McCaulley, PhD is an assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. His first book entitled Sharing in the Son’s Inheritance was published by T&T Clark in 2019. His second book Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope was published by IVP Academic in 2020. It has won numerous awards, including Christianity Today’s book of the year. His first children’s book, Josie Johnson’s Hair and the Holy Spirit, will be published by IVP in May 2022. He is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. His writings have also appeared in places such as The Washington Post, The Religious New Service, and Christianity Today. He is married to Mandy, a pediatrician and navy reservist. Together, they have four wonderful children.

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