Demetrius Williams

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  Onesimus Our Brother

  $44.00

  Philemon is as important a letter from an African American perspective as Romans or Galatians has proven to be in Eurocentric interpretation. Here the editors gather critical essays by a constellation of African American and other scholars, highlighting the latest in interpretive methods, troubling scholarly waters and interacting with the legacies of Hegel, Freud, Habermas, Ricoeur, and James C. Scott as well as the historical experience of African American communities. Onesimus Our Brother opens surprising new vistas on Paul’s shortest and, in some ways, most enigmatic letter.

  Philemon Interpreted: A History – Demetrius K. Williams
  Early Christian Slavery: A Survey – Mitzi J. Smith
  Nat is Back: The Return of the Re/Oppressed – James A. Noel
  Onesimus Speaks: Diagnosing the Hysteria of the Text – Matthew V. Johnson
  Shared Flesh? Interrogating Slavery and Gender in Philemon – Alma Crawford
  Enslaved by the Text: The Uses of Philemon – James Perkinson

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  End To This Strife

  $19.00

  Williams’s important work argues that taking the New Testament and particularly Galatians 3:28 seriously should lead black churches to challenge sexism and racism not only in society at large but also in African American churches and denominational bodies. By addressing oppressive practices in African American and other churches, they remain true to the liberation principle of the Bible the equality of all people before God which has been used effectively by black churches.

  His argument unfolds first through looking at the biblical text, especially the figure of Jesus and his ministry and how he broke the social barriers of his day. It then shows how African American Christians have historically appropriated this lens and legacy in their own religious and social experience and explains how this vision pertains to the state of black women in the churches today.

  Williams’s book will help all Christian churches reappropriate the biblical text and serve as a model for how the Bible can be responsibly employed in the churches and the public arena to promote equality for all people.

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