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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Liberating the Bible | |
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| The Bible in the Real World | |
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| Reading through Others' Eyes | |
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| Learning to Read: The Importance of Words | |
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| Defining Terms | |
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| Imposing Twenty-First-Century Meanings on Ancient Texts | |
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| Defining Racism | |
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| The Factor of Language | |
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| A Han Reading | |
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| Multiple Consciousness | |
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| The Center-Margin Dichotomy | |
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| Reading the Bible from the Center | |
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| A Privileged Reading | |
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| A Biblical Paradigm for Justifying Privilege | |
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| Pitfalls in Raising Consciousness | |
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| Words of Concern | |
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| Searching for the Abundant Life | |
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| Unmasking the Biblical Justification of Racism and Classism | |
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| Justifying Racism | |
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| Beyond the Black-and-White Dichotomy | |
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| African Americans | |
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| Amerindians | |
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| Asians | |
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| Jews | |
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| Justifying Classism | |
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| Classism from the Margins | |
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| Unmasking the Biblical Justification of Sexism | |
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| Justifying Patriarchy | |
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| Sexism from the Margins | |
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| Feminism among Women of Color | |
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| Justifying Homophobia | |
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| Homophobia from the Margins | |
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| The Hermeneutical Circle | |
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| Who Do You Say I Am? | |
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| The Economically Marginalized Christ | |
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| A Hispanic Christ | |
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| An Amerindian Christ | |
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| An Asian American Christ | |
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| A Black Christ | |
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| A Female Christ | |
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| A Gay Christ | |
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| Perceiving the Character of Divinity | |
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| God Sides with Today's Crucified People | |
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| God Is Victorious | |
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| Jesus Saves | |
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| The Rich Young Ruler, the Sinning Tax Collector, and the Begging Blind Man | |
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| More Than Just Climbing Sycamore Trees | |
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| I Once Was Blind | |
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| Of Sheep and Goats | |
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| Communal Essence of Justice | |
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| Are You Saved? | |
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| Can't We All Just Get Along? | |
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| The Dysfunctional Family | |
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| Forgive and Forget? | |
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| Power to Direct the Discourse | |
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| Power to Name | |
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| Power Not to See a Need to Repent | |
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| Power to Become the "Real" Victim | |
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| Cheap Forgiveness | |
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| What the Center Can Learn about the Bible | |
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| Exodus: God the Liberator | |
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| Amos: God the Seeker of Justice | |
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| The Gospels: God the Doer | |
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| Acts and the Letters from Paul: God the Subverter | |
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| The Bible in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| General Index | |
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| Scripture Index | |