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This book examines the conjunction between migration and biblical
texts with a focus on Latinx histories and experiences. Essays
reflect upon Latinxs, the Bible, and migration in different ways:
some consider how the Bible is used in the midst of, or in response
to, Latinx experiences and histories of migration; some use Latinx
histories and experiences of migration to examine Biblical texts in
both First and Second Testaments; some consider the "Bible" as a
phenomenological set of texts that respond to and/or compel
migration. Cultural, literary, and postcolonial theories inform the
analysis, as does the exploration of how migrant groups themselves
scripturalize their biblical and cultural texts.
Servant Leadership addresses a fundamental concern of the
contemporary church by asking pertinent questions of the New
Testament: Who became a leader in the Jesus movement and in Pauline
Christianity? What was the social status of these leaders in the
outside world as compared to the importance of such social status
within the faith community? What practices characterized their
leadership within the communities they served? The book explores
models of leadership in the New Testament's two prime exemplars,
Jesus and Paul, and in their respective communities of faith. It
studies both Paul's statements and actions with regard to
leadership issues with specific church communities, using
Thessalonians, the Corinthians, the Galatians, and the Philippians
correspondence as case studies in the practice of leadership. It
concludes with a discussion of leadership challenges in the modern
church and how a Pauline or Deutero-Pauline model can work for us
today. The author shows how understanding one's followers, as well
as the goals and purposes of the group one leads, is a fundamental
function of leadership today, even in the corporate world.
Similarly, although we expect Christian leadership to be
confrontational and assertive at times, it must also be open to
creating opportunities for others to exercise their gifts and,
therefore, their leadership. Good leaders move others to respond to
their own personal calls and commitments.
Going against the false perception that all Latinx views on the
Bible are homogeneous, the contributors in this book use different
hermeneutic perspectives to interpret the New Testament. Each
chapter examines one of the 27 documents thematically instead of
following the traditional verse-by-verse commentary format.
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