Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Approaching Latino/a Biblical Criticism: A Trajectory of Visions and Missions
Addressing the Problematic: What Does It Mean to Be a Latino/a Critic
What Does It Mean to Be a Latino/a Biblical Critic? A Latino Pentecostal Perspective, with Reflections on the Future
Rethinking Latino Hermeneutics: An Atheist Perspective
Reexamining Ethnicity: Latina/os, Race, and the Bible
Position Reversal and Hope for the Oppressed
What Does It Mean to Be a Latino Biblical Critic? A Brief Essay
Forgotten Forebears in the History of North American Biblical Scholarship
The Challenges of Latino/a Biblical Criticism
Latino/a Biblical Hermeneutics: Problematic, Objectives, Strategies
Reading from No Place: Toward a Hybrid and Ambivalent Study of Scriptures
Toward Latino/a Biblical Studies: Foregrounding Identities and Transforming Communities
Toward a Latino/a Vision/Optic for Biblical Hermeneutics
A Latina Biblical Critic and Intellectual: At the Intersection of Ethnicity, Gender, Hermeneutics, and Faith
Interpretive World Making: Formulating a Space for a Critical Latino/a Cultural and Biblical Discourse
How Did You Get to Be a Latino Biblical Scholar? Scholarly Identity and Biblical Scholarship
El Sur También Existe: A Proposal for Dialogue between Latin American and Latino/a Hermeneutics
Conclusion
Advancing Latino/a Biblical Criticism: Visions and Missions for the Future
Latino/a Biblical Interpretation: A Question of Being and/or Practice?
Contributors