Black/Africana Studies and Black/Africana Biblical Studies

In this study, Abraham Smith introduces the nature, history, and interventions of two theoretical-political cultural productions: Black/Africana studies (the systematic and rigorous study of Africa and African descendants) and Black/Africana biblical studies (a biblical studies’ subfield that analyz...

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Published in:Brill research perspectives in Biblical interpretation
Main Author: Smith, Abraham (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Brill research perspectives in Biblical interpretation
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Africa (Motif) / Hip-hop / Identity / Black lives matter movement / Biblical studies
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
Further subjects:B Scripture
B Race
B Africa
B Family
B Canons
B contexts
B politics of identity
B cartographies
B Black lives matter movement
B Hip Hop
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Summary:In this study, Abraham Smith introduces the nature, history, and interventions of two theoretical-political cultural productions: Black/Africana studies (the systematic and rigorous study of Africa and African descendants) and Black/Africana biblical studies (a biblical studies’ subfield that analyzes and appraises the strategies of reception and the historical and contemporary impact of the Christian bible for people of African descent). Both cultural productions were formally introduced in U.S. educational institutions in the late 1960s as a part of the Black Freedom movement. Both have long and deep intellectual antecedents on the one hand and ever-evolving recent interventions that challenge a narrow politics of identity on the other. Through the interrogation of keywords (such as race, family, and Hip Hop or cartographies, canons, and contexts), moreover, the study examines how these two theoretical-political projects question the settled epistemologies or prevailing intellectual currencies of their respective times.
ISSN:2405-7657
Contains:Enthalten in: Brill research perspectives in Biblical interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/24057657-12340016