How the Marginalized Church Reads the Bible, Part 1: Vince Bantu
- Part of By The Oppressed
Episode Summary
New CHT fellow Dr. Vince Bantu of Fuller Theological Seminary is back on the podcast, this time to discuss the how historically marginalized and oppressed parts of the church understand Scripture better than the dominant church does—from the early church to the African church to the Black church in the U.S. today. Dr. Bantu and Dru explore the interpretive advantages that the lack of political and social power can confer on readers of the Bible—a book written largely by people who suffered oppression and exile.
Chapters
- 0:00 The dominant church vs. the marginalized church
- 6:10 Imperial Christendom and the temptation of political power
- 13:08 Dualisms of the white church that the Black church doesn’t have
- 20:03 The Black church’s grasp on biblical righteousness and justice
- 29:27 God’s providence and the West African slave trade
- 36:35 The white church’s incomplete gospel
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Dr. Dru Johnson
Founder and Director of the Center for Hebraic ThoughtDru teaches Biblical literature, theology, and biblical interpretation at The King’s College. He is an editor for the Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism series; an associate director for the Jewish Philosophical Theology Project at The Herzl Institute in Israel; and a co-host for the OnScript Podcast. His recent books include Biblical Philosophy: An Hebraic Approach to the Old and New Testaments (Cambridge University Press); Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments (Eerdmans); and Epistemology and Biblical Theology (Routledge). Before that, he was a high-school dropout, skinhead, punk rock drummer, combat veteran, IT supervisor, and pastor—all things that he hopes none of his children ever become.He and his wife have four children. Interviews, articles, and excerpts of books can found at drujohnson.com.
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