BBCL620

In the epochal aftermath of 19th century, colonial missionary movements, historical Criticism's monopoly of biblical interpretation was broken. Biblical interpretation became a pentecost of variants. Approaches to biblical interpretation emerged in Africa, Asia, The Caribbean, and Latin America that were resistant to the monopoly. In parallel chronology and in tandem, North American interpretation was inflected by African American, Asian-American, Feminists, Latinas/os, Queer, and Womanists. Students engage with selections of these contexts and perspectives for deeper study. Opportunities for individuals to pursue related positionalities are also offered. One could think of the course as pursuing the reversal of globalized hermeneutics and the democratization of biblical interpretation.

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