Engaging the Bible: critical readings from contemporary women

Introduction / Hee An Choi

A prophetic apocalyptic reading

Resurrection in prophetic context: reading "poor man Lazarus" and Christian agency / Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

A postcolonial reading

Sexual morality and national politics : reading biblical "loose women" / Kwok Pui-Lan

A communal reading

See, judge, act : A different approach to Bible study / Ada Irizarry-Fernandez

A critical feminist emancipative reading

An invitation to "dance" in the open house of wisdom : feminist study of the Bible / Elisabeth Schssler Fiorenza

A critical public reading

A path wide open : toward a critical relationship with the Christian bible / Carter Heyward

Conclusion / Katheryn Pfisterer Darr.