Reading the Bible in an Age of Crisis by Bruce Worthington

Reading the Bible in an Age of Crisis by Bruce Worthington

We live in an age in which economic, ecological, and political crises are not the exception, but the rule. The Cold War polarities that shaped an earlier political exegesis have been replaced; increasingly, crisis is the engine of a global turbo-capitalism.

Here, biblical scholars and activists describe and exemplify the shape of a biblical interpretation that takes contemporary crisis seriously. Succinct opening essays summarize the salient aspects of our critical situation; in later parts, contributions address themes of economic, political, and environmental crisis in dialogue with biblical texts.

Bruce Worthington is pursuing a PhD in New Testament studies at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. He has published a number of articles in biblical interpretation, philosophical hermeneutics, and cultural studies.