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With that said, it definitely merely skims the shallow waters of essentially each vantage point it engages with, and this is particularly true for those marginalized by their sexual orientation. The section on "The Gay Christ" in particular felt the most like an added afterthought, and I think the argument he made was really lacking and would have profoundly benefited from an engagement with Queer Theory (although, I just realized that Radical Beloved: An Introduction to Queer Theology, the text I immediately thought of, wasn't published until 2011, ix years subsequently this book). My concern is that, because De La Torre prioritized the inclusion of a diverse and wide-ranging collection of demographics and representative voices, those who are more than skeptical could finish the book unmoved and unconvinced by their featured contributions because of the brevity of their appointment. Nonetheless, I practise think that he successfully drove his overarching bespeak dwelling house, which was the importance of engaging with those voices (and the people they're connected to) –– which hopefully involves farther reading than his brief overviews.
Despite agreeing quite ardently with De La Torre's message and points, I did feel tension with the pronounced lack of nuance effectually "those at the margins" and their practiced religiosity. That is to say, in many ways it seemed as though people were regarded every bit monoliths, and as someone who has/currently lives "on the margins" in an economically disadvantaged Hispanic neighborhood of Northward Philly, I can assure yous that there is arable diversity within the theological orientations of people here. In fact, many of them trend towards the more conservative, abstract theologies that De La Torre associates with whiteness, wealth, power, and privilege. While this undeniably invites a conversation around colonization and isn't at all a conclusive counter-statement to his bespeak, it felt increasingly frustrated to encounter people living at the margins presented equally if they all, by default, approach their faith in the ways he was describing. What I would really dear from a book like this is a more robust engagement with the widespread and frequently-quoted notion that "Liberation Theology opted for the Poor, and the Poor, in turn, opted for Pentecostalism."
...moreThe final sentence of the book: "Reading the Bible from the margins provides a salvific bulletin of liberation for all humanity by providing the key to combat the oppression of humans by other humans so that all tin enjoy the abundant life." (172)
Iv lines from his penultimate chapter on salvation.
-"...circumscribed Jesus to my personal life becomes the ultimate human activity of religious selfishness." (137)
-"How can a church building in an affluent nation similar the U.s.a. follow the God of the crucified people?" (146)
-"...when Euroamericans read 'righteous' or 'righteousness' in their Bibels, Hispanics read 'merely' or 'justice.'" (146)
-"Salvation, as liberation, requires crucifying maleness, riches, and whiteness - in other words, the active dismantling of any social structure designed to privilege one group at the expense of another." (150)
And from the concluding chapter:
"The themes that serve as the foundation for how marginalized communities read the text too serve as a corrective to the highly individualistic and spiritual interpretations coming from the center of social club." (160)
-Exodus: God the Liberator
-Amos: God the Seeker of Justice
-The Gospels: God the Doer
-Acts and the Letters from Paul: God the Subverter
So, I picked upward the book which has now made three moves with our family unit along with its slowly moving bookmark. Only, earlier this calendar month, I finished reading it, and detect information technology a really helpful tool. In some means it is like a very basic primer to the curriculum I experienced at McCormick Seminary. I'm glad to accept it equally an bachelor resource, but also happy to lend it to anyone who is interested in considering how the Bible is approached by those living at the margins of society.
Don't allow the long time information technology took me to complete the book continue you from my strong recommendation that others read the book, as was my wife's initial reaction!
...moreHowever the volume frequently accuses the aboriginal authors for not sharing 21st century western sensibilities. These modernistic sensibilities are, in the decision, how DLT defines what Jesus must have meant by "abundant life." Of import for its promotion of the marginalized'southward perspective and its modeling of how to read the scriptures from underneath, much of the volume's exegetical conclusions should be challenged by and would benefit from other sources stronger on the historical groundwork of the main texts. ...more
Miguel de la Torre does a wonderful chore of helping you see the Bible'southward history, the stories, the parables, and the life and death of Jesus from a totally dissimilar, fresh perspective.
Highly recommend. Such an eye opening volume for me. Reading this book was similar looking at a black and white motion picture for 30 years, but and so seeing some fraying around the edges of the film...slowly peeling back those edges.... and and then...seeing color for the beginning fourth dimension.
Miguel de la Torre does a wonderful job of helping you lot meet the Bible's history, the stories, the parables, and the life and death of Jesus from a totally different, fresh perspective.
Highly recommend. ...more
I was often reminded of Naomi Shihab Nye's poem, "Kindness," especially in word of the concept of Han and its application to the story of the Expert Samaritan.
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I don't think I'm quite the target audience for this book; information technology comes from a course for conservative Midwestern Christians who think at that place's only 1 "right" estimation of any given Bible passage. That said, many of the perspectives discussed are interesting and new to me. The author sometimes tries to back upwardly his statements with reasoning/logic, and this is where the book feels weakest -- unsurprisingly, information technology's hard to have airtight logic around the interpretation of religious texts.Too, the sections discussing LGBT perspectives are a flake equivocating. I can't tell if the author is religiously uncomfortable with LGBT people, or if he but thinks his audience is. And so again, it might simply be that I've read those particular interpretations repeatedly.
...moreDe La Torre currently servers every bit the Professor of Social Ideals and Latino/a Studies at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.
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