karen_unabridged 's review for:

Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Esau McCaulley

3.0

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I am probably not the target audience for this book. I see it as an important addition to an ongoing conversation about Christianity, power, race, justice, etc. in the United States but certain sections and arguments are stronger than others. I appreciate how McCaulley seems to be trying to find a middle ground in some ways, to enable Christians who are talking past each other see something they hadn't seen before, but this title is too academic in some ways and not enough in others (there are strong statements without accompanying footnotes or documentation).