Richard Horsley’s The Bible and Empire: A Review
by Ched Myers Theology Today (Summer). 4 pp.. It has become almost de rigueur among biblical scholars to use the lens of “empire studies” in their work. I see this as a welcome change from 20 years ago, when my commentary on Mark (Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark’s Story of Jesus,…
Biblical Interpretation as Political Practice, I: Socio-political Hermeneutics and Liberation Theology
by Ched Myers Part I of an essay published in: Theology and the Crisis of Engagement: Essays in Honor of Lee Cormie, edited by J. Nowers and N. Medina (Eugene:Pickwick Publications, 2013). 7pp. There have been few North American theologians in the past three decades who have seriously attempted to bridge the longstanding gulf that…
Biblical Interpretation as Political Practice, II: Political Bodies Struggling for Inclusion into the Body Politic
by Ched Myers Part Two of an essay published in: Theology and the Crisis of Engagement: Essays in Honor of Lee Cormie, edited by J. Nowers and N. Medina (Eugene:Pickwick Publications, 2013). 11 pp. We live in a world in which the social architecture of functional segregation and inequality persists. Divisions of race, class and…
Women Clothed with the Sun: Sophia Facing the Beast
by Ched Myers With Elaine Enns. The Bechtel Lectures, March 27, Conrad Grebel University College. Published in The Conrad Grebel Review (27:2), pp 28-44. 13 pp. This lecture means to honor the peace and justice work of women, and we would like to begin by naming just two. One is the woman who was cleaning…
Sociopolitical Criticism: An Overview
by Ched Myers Excerpt from: Searching for Meaning: An Introduction to Interpreting the N.T., edited by Paula Gooder, Westminster/John Knox/SPCK, pp. 160-162. 3 pp . Sociopolitical criticism (also know as socioeconomic criticism or political readings) draws on the insights of Liberation criticism to explore oppression and the use of power and, unlike liberation criticism, it…
Ambassadors in Chains: Evangelizing the Powers
By Elaine Enns With Ched Myers. Bechtel Lecture, part 1, Conrad Grebel Review, Fall 2009, 24 pp. Full Article:Â Ambassadors in Chains: Evangelizing the Powers SKU: E09-2-Pc
“Transgressing Boundaries of Race, Class & Gender (Mark 4-8)”
Feb 2009 Bartimaeus Institute The February Institute focused on a reading of the second half of Mark’s gospel, and included a special celebration of the 20th anniversary edition of Ched’s Binding the Strong Man. Read the report here. (PDF 3.9MB)
“Jesus as a Practitioner of Nonviolent Action (Mark 1-3)”
Jan 2009 Bartimaeus Institute The January Institute focused on a reading of the first half of Mark’s gospel, and continued our tradition of reflecting on the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Read the report here. (PDF 591KB)