Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

This book explores the tension between being Black and Christian in a society that often marginalizes or dilutes Black voices within religious spaces. McCaulley argues that the Black Christian tradition offers a unique and powerful way of reading Scripture that embraces both lament and hope. He critiques evangelical teachings that erase or generalize the Black experience while demonstrating how the Bible itself has always been a source of liberation for oppressed communities.