Reading the Bible Latinamente: Latino/a Interpretation for the Life of the Church - Softcover

Ruth Padilla DeBorst; Carroll R., M. Daniel; Echevarrķa, Miguel G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1540966569 ISBN 13: 9781540966568

Publisher: Baker Academic, 2024

Synopsis

The Bible is important to Latino/a Christians living in America, playing a central role in their lives and churches. These believers have unique experiences and backgrounds that influence the way they read, understand, and apply Scripture. Reading the Bible Latinamente encourages these readers to recognize and embrace their social location and lived realities in reading Scripture. Three prominent evangelical Latino/a scholars and ministry practitioners combine their diverse experiences and expertise in biblical studies, theology, and missiology to provide an accessible resource that speaks to the lives of everyday people.

The authors discuss biblical interpretation from the Latino/a diaspora and provide examples from both New and Old Testament texts. Topics include reading in community and wrestling with identity and mission in the diaspora. Latino/a students and lay readers will be encouraged in their own reading of the Scripture and in the contributions they make to the North American and global church, while believers from other backgrounds will benefit from the perspectives and contributions of their Latino/a brothers and sisters.

About this title

About the Authors

Ruth Padilla DeBorst (PhD, Boston University) is the Richard C. Oudersluys Associate Professor of World Christianity at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan.

M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas) (PhD, University of Sheffield) is Scripture Press Ministries Professor of Biblical Studies and Pedagogy at Wheaton College and Graduate School in Wheaton, Illinois. He previously taught for many years at El Seminario Teológico Centroamericano in Guatemala City, Guatemala, and then at Denver Seminary, where he founded IDEAL, a Spanish language training program. Carroll is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including The Bible and Borders: Hearing God's Word on Immigration, Wrestling with the Violence of God: Soundings in the Old Testament, and a major commentary on the book of Amos.

Miguel G. Echevarrķa (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of 40 Questions about the Apostle Paul, God's Presence with Us and in Us: A Biblical Theology of the Holy Spirit, and Engaging the New Testament: A Short Introduction for Students and Ministers. He has contributed commentaries on John and the Johannine epistles for The New Testament in Color.

From the Back Cover

"This book is not just for the Latino/a church but for the whole of God's people."

Drawing on their diverse backgrounds and experiences, three influential scholars bring their expertise in missiology, Old Testament, New Testament, and theology to bear on the topic of biblical interpretation.

"This book illuminates and reminds us all of the spiritual wealth and particular contributions of Latino/a cultures and people to the broader church and community."
--Rev. Alexia Salvatierra, Centro Latino, Fuller Theological Seminary

"An unexcelled basic introduction to Latina and Latino readings of Scripture. It tells the church at large that the Bible is still relevant in our day and will be relevant wherever believers are willing to take the risk of reading it with new eyes."
--Justo L. Gonzįlez, immigrant, church historian, and theologian

"Reading the Bible Latinamente reminds us that the only way to understand the Word of God honestly and clearly is to see it through one's cultural identity and social location. The authors make the case for a beautiful and transformational reading--a reading that liberates rather than discriminates, marginalizes, and oppresses people. This book is not just for the Latino/a church but for the whole of God's people."
--Al Tizon, North Park Theological Seminary

"This book captures the richness of Latino interpretation. It truly reflects the hermeneutical realities of being a Latino Christian today, both in North America and around the world."
--Dominick Hernįndez, Talbot en Espańol, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University

"To read this book is to come to know the God who has asked us to love our neighbor as well as to come to know our Latino/a neighbors and to be deeply enriched. It is to come to the knowledge of righteousness or right relations for daily living in ways not previously imagined."
--Rev. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, independent scholar and theological educator

Edition details

• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1540966569
• ISBN 13: 9781540966568
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152