Do Black Lives Matter?: How Christian Scriptures Speak to Black Empowerment - Hardcover

by Lisa M. Bowens (Editor), Dennis R. Edwards (Editor), Love L. Sechrest (Foreword by)

In this book Lisa Bowens and Dennis R. Edwards collate a virtual manifesto on the way the Bible serves as inspiration, theological grist, and even the language needed to be the change to people of good faith everywhere. The authors of this book challenge the forces of racism that are so deeply entrenched in church and society today offering prophetic insight into Black resilience and the historic and ongoing importance of Scripture to that resilience. The authors also forefront the significance of Scripture to the Black struggle for justice by bringing together here prominent, gifted Black scholars in biblical studies, ethics, history, and theology, as their work and writing contribute so much to the ongoing struggle against injustice. The book will offer both biblical reflection celebrating an African American theological reading and a prophetic call to arms by means of sermons and other reflections. The book includes contributions from: Jaime L. Waters, Jennifer Kaalund, Angela Parker Reggie, Williams Antonia Daymond, Brian Bantum, Danjuma Gibson, David Daniels, Y. Joy Harris-Smith, Vince Bantu, Marcia Clarke, Valerie Landfair, Antipas Harris, Luke Powery, Efrem Smith, Donyelle McCray, Jamal-Dominique Hopkins.

Author Biography

Lisa M. Bowens is associate professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. She is the author of An Apostle in Battle: Paul and Spiritual Warfare in 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 (2017) and African American Readings of Paul: Reception, Resistance, and Transformation (2020).



Dennis R. Edwards is seminary dean and vice president of church relations at North Park Theological Seminary. He is author of 1 Peter in the Story of God Bible Commentary (2017) and Might from the Margins: The Gospel's Power to Turn the Tables on Injustice (2019).