Adult Education
The Consequences of Empire on the Shape and Reading of the Bible
- Audio for this sermon will be available on Monday.
The Bible has been shaped by many different people and worldviews. In this lecture, we will discuss the consequences of Empire on the shape and reading of the Bible and look at different ways that postcolonial studies can be used in relation to the Bible. Dr. Steed Davidson is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Dean of the Faculty at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Ill. He is the author of Empire and Exile: Postcolonial Readings of Selected Texts of the Book of Jeremiah.