$24.00
Date:
October 2011
Edited and with contributions by Ched Myers and Laurel Dykstra. Wipf & Stock Publishers. 250 pages, annotated bibliography.
a unique collaboration of pioneering
biblical scholars, social-change activists, and movement-based
artists. Well known and unknown, veterans and newcomers, these
diverse practitioners of justice engage in a lively and critical conversation
at the intersection of seminary, sanctuary, and street. The
book is divided into eight sections; in each, a scholar, activist, and
artist explore the justice issues related to a biblical text or idea, such
as exodus, creation, jubilee, and sanctuary. Beyond the emerging
themes (e.g., empire, resistance movements, identity, race, gender,
economics), the book raises essential questions at another level:
What is the role of art in social-change movements? How can scholars
be accountable beyond the academy, and activists encouraged to
study? How are resistance movements nurtured and sustained? This
volume is an accessible invitation to action that will appeal to all
who love and strive for justice—whatever their discipline, and whatever
their familiarity with the Bible, scholarship, art, and activist
communities.
This volume celebrates the October 2011 opening of the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice in Stony Point, NY, which Ched has been helping to organize. The book is a unique collaboration between pioneering biblical scholars, social-change activists, and movement-based artists. Well known and unknown, veterans and newcomers, these diverse practitioners of justice engage in a lively and critical conversation at the intersection of seminary, sanctuary, and street. The book is divided into eight sections; in each, a scholar, activist, and artist explore justice issues related to a biblical text or idea, such as exodus, creation, jubilee, and sanctuary. Beyond the emerging themes (e.g., empire, resistance movements, identity, race, gender,economics), the book raises essential questions at another level: What is the role of art in social-change movements? How can scholars be accountable beyond the academy, and activists encouraged to study? How are resistance movements nurtured and sustained? This volume is an accessible invitation to action that will appeal to all who love and strive for justice—whatever their discipline, and whatever their familiarity with the Bible, scholarship, art, and activist communities. Note: Ched's mom's art graces the cover!
“Here is another remarkable idea of Norman Gottwald coming to
fruition in a combination of biblical vision, creative imagination, and
public action. Every section of the book is a provocative juxtaposition of
critical analysis by engaged biblical scholars, incisive insights of social
activists, and compelling expressions of poets and artists . . . A highly
stimulating start, send-off, and celebration for the Center and Library
for the Bible and Social Justice.”
—Richard Horsley, author of Jesus and Empire: the Kingdom of God and The New World Disorder
“This book teaches you how to use the Bible as a critical tool for social
justice on the street and in the academy. I am deeply moved and inspired
by the testimonies and bold visions of the scholars, activists, and artists
who contributed to this volume. Buy the book, teach it, and begin organizing!”
—Kwok Pui-lan, author of Discovering the Bible in the Non-Biblical World
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