Liberating Exegesis: The Challenge of Liberation Theology to Biblical Studies

by Christopher C. Rowland and Mark Corner

Book Overview

This important book provides a sampling of liberation theology's use of biblical texts, relating it to the "standard" methods of interpretation in Europe and America. Divided into four sections, the book sets out contemporary readings of the parable of Jesus influenced by a liberationist perspective; identifies the biblical and theoretical foundations of liberation theology, comparing them with the dominant exegetical paradigm in the first world;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 066425084X
• ISBN13: 9780664250843
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"