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Historically, many churches and theologians defended and supported race-based slavery and subsequent forms of racial hierarchy and violence. The essays in Reparations and the Theological Disciplines argue that it is urgent that the theological disciplines engage the issue of reparations by revisiting Scripture and our theological traditions. The time is now for remembrance, reckoning, and repair.
Contents
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Introduction: Toolbox for a Journey of Remembrance, Reckoning, and Repair. Michael Barram, Drew G. I. Hart, Gimbiya Kettering, and Michael J. Rhodes
Part One: Reparations and the Bible
Chapter One: Reparations in Exodus, Matthew Schlimm
Chapter Two: Bypassing the Bible: Why Exodus 21 and Deuteronomy 15 Did Not Influence and Have Not Influenced Reparations Proposals, Stacy Davis
Chapter Three: Witness: The Job: How to Talk to White People About Reparations, Gimbiya Kettering
Chapter Four: From Here to Jubilee: Reading Torah in Dialogue with Darity and Mullen's Case for Reparations, Michael J. Rhodes
Chapter Five: Reparational Reasoning: The Biblical Jubilee as Moral Formation for a More Just Future, Michael Barram
Chapter Six: Witness: Zacchaeus and the Call to Repair: A Sermon on Luke 19:1-10, Duke L. Kwon
Chapter Seven: You Cannot Pay Back What You Have Never Owned: A Conversation on Reparations and Paul's Letter to Philemon, Angela N. Parker
Chapter Eight: Philemon as a Plea for Repa
