Synopsis: Liberating Biblical Study is 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, and 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. Endorsements: "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 Author Biography:
Laurel Dykstra is a community-based Bible and justice educator and
activist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her publications
include Set Them Free: The Other Side of Exodus (2002). Ched Myers
is a social-justice educator and activist and biblical animator
based in southern California. His publications include Binding the
Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus (20th
anniversary edition, 2008) and, with Elaine Enns, Ambassadors of
Reconciliation (2009).
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