African Americans and the Bible Sacred Text and Social Texture

James Abbington is assistant professor of Music, Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina Efrain Agosto is professor of New Testament and director, Programa de Ministerios Hispanos, Hartford Seminary, Connecticut David Asomaning is a practicing psychotherapist and is a Ph.D. candidate in Psychiatry and Religion, Union Theological Seminary, New York Barbara Austin-Lucas is associate dean, New York Theological Seminary, and assistant minister, Bridge Street AME Church, Brooklyn, New York Hans A. Baer is professor, department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock Randall C. Bailey is Andrew Mellon Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta Randall Balmer is Ann Whitney Olin professor of Religion at Barnard College, New York Roderick Belin is a Master of Divinity graduate of Union Theological Seminary and an ordained AME minister, Queens, New York Horace Boyer is professor of Music Theory and African American Music, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, retired Mellonee Burnim is associate professor of Afro-American Studies, Indiana University at Bloomington Marie Case is a Ph.D. student in New Testament and Christian Origins, Union Theological Seminary, New York Elizabeth A. Castelli is assistant professor of Religion, Barnard College Charise Cheney is assistant professor of Ethnic Studies, California State University, San Luis Obispo Yvonne Chireau is assistant professor of Religion, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania Cecile Coquet is assistant professor, American History and Literature, University of Provence (Aix-Marseille 1), France Cyprian Davis, OSB, is professor of Church History, St. Meinrad School of Theology and Archabbey, Indiana Victoria Erickson is associate professor of Sociology of religion and chaplain, Drew University V. P. Franklin is the Rosa and Charles Keller Professor of Arts and Humanities at Xavier University of Louisiana Cheryl Townsend Gilkes is John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur associate professor of sociology and professor of African American studies, Colby College Keith Gilyard is professor of English, Pennsylvania State University Michael Gomez is professor of History, New York University Farah J. Griffin is assistant professor of English, University of Pennsylvania Grey Gundaker is assistant professor of Anthropology, College of William and Mary Lenton Gunn, Jr., is senior minister, St. James Presbyterian Church, Harlem, New York Vincent Harding is professor of Religion and Social Transformation, Iliff School of Theology, Denver Leonard Harris is professor of Philosophy and director, African American Studies and Research Center, Purdue University Chanta M. Haywood is assistant professor of English, Florida State University, Tallahassee Barbara Holdrege is associate professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara James Ella James is executive committeewoman and California state convener of the board of the National Council of Negro Women, and an ordained deacon, McGee Avenue Baptist Church, Berkeley, California Leslie King-Hammond is dean of Graduate Studies, Maryland Institute College of Art Cheryl Kirk-Duggan is assistant professor and director, Center for Women and Religion, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley Velma Love is a Ph.D. student in Bible and Culture at Union Theological Seminary, New York Charles Mabee is professor of Old Testament, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit Albert G. Miller is associate professor of Religion, Oberlin College, Ohio Keith D. Miller is associate professor of English, Arizona State University Maxine L. Montgomery is associate professor of English, Florida State University, Tallahassee Moses N. Moore is associate professor of American and African-American Religions, Arizona State University Alfred Muhammed is a graduate student in Islamic studies and Muslim-Christian relations, Hartford Seminary, and Imam in the Muslim American Society, New York City Nathaniel S. Murrell is assistant professor, department of Religion and Philosophy, North Carolina State University at Wilmington Jacob Olupona is professor of African American and African Studies and director, Religious studies Program, University of California, Davis Kofi Asare Opoku is visiting professor of Religion, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania Colin Palmer is Distinguished professor of History, CUNY Graduate Center, New York City Fayth M. Parks is staff therapist, Counseling and Human Development Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia Linda M. Perkins is associate professor, Educational Foundations, Hunter College Carla L. Peterson is professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Maryland, College Park Richard J. Powell is John Spencer Bassett professor of Art History, Duke University Phillip Richards is associate professor of English, Colgate University Sandra Richards is professor of African American studies and theater, Northwestern University Ida Rousseau Mukenge is professor of Sociology, Morehouse College John D. Saillant is associate professor, English and American Studies, Western Michigan State University, Kalamazoo Cheryl J. Sanders is professor of Christian Ethics, Howard University School of Divinity Barbara Savage is assistant professor of History, University of Pennsylvania Milton Sernett is professor of African American Studies, Syracuse University James Shopshire is professor of Sociology of Religion and Urban Ministry, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C. Abraham Smith is associate professor of New Testament, Andover Newton Theological School, Massachusetts R. Drew Smith is scholar-in-residence, Morehouse College Leadership Center Theophus Smith is associate professor, Religious Studies, Emory University, Atlanta Sterling Stuckey is professor of History, University of California, Riverside Hal Taussig is professor of Biblical Studies at Chestnut Hill College and Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and pastor of Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church, Philadelphia Traki Taylor is assistant professor, School of Education, University of Michigan at Flint. Richard B. Turner is associate professor, Religious Studies, DePaul University, Chicago Margaret Washington is professor of History, Cornell University Judith Weisenfeld is associate professor of Religious Studies, Vassar College Lynne Westfield is assistant professor of Religious Education, Drew University Kathleen O'Brien Wicker is Mary W. Johnson and J. Stanley Johnson professor in the Humanities, Scripps College, California Gosnell Yorke is Translation consultant, United Bible Societies (Africa Region), South Africa Vincent L. Wimbush is professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, Union Theological Seminary, and adjunct professor, Religion department, Columbia University Rosamond C. Rodman is a Ph.D. candidate, Religion department, Columbia UniversityWimbush, Vincent L. is the author of 'African Americans and the Bible Sacred Text and Social Texture' with ISBN 9780826412935 and ISBN 0826412939.