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The Peoples' Bible

New Revised Standard Version, with the Apocrypha

ISBN-13: 9781506482491
Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
Edited by George E. Tinker, Edited by Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Edited by Wilda C. Gafney, Edited by Leticia Guardiola-Saenz, Edited by Frank Yamada
Price: AUD $106.00
Stock: 6 in stock
Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
Local release date: 19/01/2009
Format: Hardback (235.00mm X 184.00mm) 1750 pages Weight: 1420g
Categories: Eclectic & esoteric religions & belief systems [HRQC]

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Author Biography
Google Preview: The Peoples' Bible highlights the role of cultures in shaping the Bible and the way people read the Bible today. Relying on the best insights of historical-critical, liberationist, postmodern, and postcolonial interpretation the contributors include the editors of the volume plus Kosuke Koyama, Randall C. Bailey, Fernando F. Segovia, Elsa Tamez, Clarice Martin, Hee An Choi, Gale A. Yee, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, and many more. This Bible is unique in its aim to engage culture then and now and includes the following unique features: Introductory essays highlighting profound issues of culture, ethnicity, and identity. Feature boxes that reveal insights from African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American perspectives. Sixteen-page gallery of culturally diverse four-color art.; George E. ''Tink'' Tinker is Professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious Traditions at Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado. He is an enrolled member of the Osage Nation. Among his many publications are Missionary Conquest (Fortress Press, 1993) and Native American Theology (co-authored, 2001). Curtiss Paul DeYoung is the Chief Executive Officer of the Minnesota Council of Churches. He has also served as the Executive Director of Community Renewal Society in Chicago, and as Professor of Reconciliation Studies at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. He is the author of Living Faith: How Faith Inspires Social Justice, and the co-editor of The People's Bible. Wilda C. Gafney is Associate Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. Leticia Guardiola-Saenz teaches New Testament at the School of Theology of Seattle University. Frank Yamada is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston.; Google Preview content