Reading the Bible Latinamente
Latino/a Interpretation for the Life of the Church
About
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 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.
1. Who Are We and from Where Do We Read? Latino/a Identity and Location
2. Reading Latinamente: How Do We Read the Bible?
3. Strangers in a Strange Land: Old Testament I
4. A Latino/a Blessing: Old Testament II
5. Equal Participants in the Community of God: New Testament I
6. Diaspora Faith Communities: New Testament II
Conclusion
Indexes
Endorsements
"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. It is a thoughtful, accessible, and moving overview. I recommend it for both Latino/a audiences and for those who need all that we bring."
Rev. Alexia Salvatierra, academic dean, Centro Latino, Fuller Theological Seminary
"In your hands, this book may feel like a small book, but it is a very big book! It is big not because of the number of pages but rather because its brevity makes it an unexcelled basic introduction to Latina and Latino readings of Scripture. It is big because it shows the depth and the nature of our commitment to Scripture. It is big because 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. González, immigrant, church historian, and theologian
The Authors
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Ruth Padilla DeBorst
Ruth Padilla DeBorst (PhD, Boston University) is the Richard C. Oudersluys Associate Professor of World Christianity at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan.
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M. Daniel Carroll R.
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...
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Miguel G. Echevarría
Miguel G. Echevarría (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of The Future Inheritance of Land in the Pauline Epistles,...
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