Reading While Black – Feat. Dr. Esau McCaulley

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Christianity, Old Testament, Torah, Theology, New Testament, God, Demons, Tim Mackie, Bible Study, Angels, Bible, Jesus, Spiritual Beings, Jon Collins, Religion & Spirituality, Spirit, Satan

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🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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From biblical deconstruction to the responsibility of Jesus followers in government and social justice, we’re looking at what the Bible has to say about some of society’s biggest questions today. Join Tim and Jon as they interview New Testament scholar Esau McCaulley, author of Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this episode of Bible Project Podcast.
0:07.0	Today we get to talk with Issa McColley.
0:10.5	Yeah.
0:11.0	Occasionally we interview biblical scholars who are working in the field of biblical theology.
0:16.5	A few months ago I read a book by Issa McColley.
0:20.1	He's a New Testament scholar at Wheaton College.
0:21.9	It's Chicago.
0:22.6	Yeah.
0:23.1	Yep.
0:23.6	I just PhD in New Testament at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
0:27.2	And he's a serious contributor to New Testament studies, but he put out a book in 2020 called
0:33.8	Reading While Black, African American Biblical Interpretation as an exercise in hope.
0:39.4	And I came across a review of it and read it and was like, this looks awesome.
0:44.6	He's doing biblical theology, but specifically offering it from his perspective in the American
0:50.7	Black Church tradition.
0:52.2	Yeah.
0:53.2	And that's what he means by black ecclesial.
0:55.0	Yeah.
0:56.0	Well that's a special word.
0:57.5	Yes.
0:58.5	That means churchy.
0:59.5	That's right.
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