Thinking Intersectionally: Gender, Race, Class, and the Etceteras of Our Discipline
Intersectional analyses make the fundamental point that we who study and interpret the biblical text have many important facets to our identities that are impacted differently by multiple interacting systems of oppression and privilege. As a method of interpretation, intersectionality presumes that...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2020]
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| In: |
Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2020, Volume: 139, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-26 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Biblical studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HA Bible |
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| Summary: | Intersectional analyses make the fundamental point that we who study and interpret the biblical text have many important facets to our identities that are impacted differently by multiple interacting systems of oppression and privilege. As a method of interpretation, intersectionality presumes that our own unique social locations, our own distinctive fusions of gender, race, class, et cetera, influence our readings of texts and our interpretations of them. It encourages us to think beyond the familiar boundaries of biblical studies to expose the diverse power relations of inequality in the text and uncover subjugated voices that were previously invisible or unheard. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1391.2020.1b |