Reading Hebrews and 1 Peter with the African American Great Migration: Diaspora, Place and Identity (The Library of New Testament Studies, 598)

"Kaalund examines the constructed and contested Christian-Jewish identities in Hebrews and 1 Peter through the lens of the 'New Negro,' a diasporic identity similarly constructed and contested during the Great Migration in the early 20th century. Like the identity 'Christian,' the New Negro emerged in a context marked by instability, creativity, and the need for a sense of permanence in a hostile political environment. Upon examination, both identities also show complex internal diversity and debate that disrupts any simple articulation as purely resistant (or accommodating) to its hegemonic and oppressive environment. Kaalund's investigation into the construction of the New Negro highlights this multiplicity and contends that the rhetoric of place, race, and gender were integral to these processes of inventing a way of being in the world that was seemingly not reliant on one's physical space. Putting these issues into dialogue with 1 Peter and Hebrews allows for a reading of the formation of Christian identity as similarly engaging the rhetoric of place and race in constructive and contested ways."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: Diaspora Space, Displaced identities, and diasporic religion Reading Dis/placed Identities Thinking with Diasporic Identities Diasporic Identity as Fixed and Fluid, Coherent and Contested Intercultural Criticism as Method Constructing an Identity Formerly Known as “Jewish” Conclusion Part 1: Models of Ethno-Spatial Reasoning Chapter 2 :A Place to Call Home: The Great Migration and the Making of the New Negro The Historical Context of the Great Migration The Great Migration and Public Discourse Sermons and Letters from the Great Migration The New Negro: The (Re)making of a People Conclusion Chapter 3: Called Out: Alexandrian Jewish Identity in the Roman Imperial Context Exodus and Exile: Jewish Identity as a Diasporic Identity Discourses of Displacement: Ancient Greek and Roman Concepts of Exile Living in Diaspora Jewish Identity in a Roman Imperial Context In Flaccum and the Flexibility of Alexandrian Jewish Identity Conclusion Part 2: A New Negro Hermeneutic Chapter 4: A Better Country: Hebrews and an Identity Formerly Known as Jewish Themes in Hebrews Reading Hebrews through the New Negro Lens The City That is to Come: Imagining a Future (An)Other First-Century Voice Conclusion Chapter 5: A Peculiar People: 1 Peter and an Identity that will come to be known as Christian The Audience and Their Social Context Themes in 1 Peter Reading 1 Peter through the New Negro Lens (An)Other First-Century Voice Conclusion CONCLUSION Chapter 6: Called out: Rethinking centers and Margins Borders and Borderlands Bibliography Index In This New Examination Of The Formation Of African American Identity, Jennifer Kaalund Examines The Constructed And Contested Christian-jewish Identities In Hebrews And 1 Peter Through The Lens Of The New Negro, A Diasporic Identity Similarly Constructed And Contested During The Great Migration In The Early 20th Century. As Both Identites Emerged In A Context Marked By Instability, Creativity, And The Necessity Of Permanence, Kaalund Argues That They Both Also Show Complex Internal Diversity And Debate That Disrupts Any Simple Articulation As Purely Resistant (or Accommodating) To Its Hegmonic And Oppressive Environment. --book Cover. Diaspora Space, Displaced Identities, And Diasporic Religion -- A Place To Call Home: The Great Migration And The Making Of The New Negro -- Called Out: Alexandrian Jewish Identity In The Roman Imperial Context -- A Better Country: Hebrews And An Identity Formerly Known As Jewish -- A Peculiar People: 1 Peter And An Identity That Wil Come To Be Known As Christian -- Called Out: Rethinking Centers And Margins. Jennifer T. Kaalund. Revision Of Author's Thesis (ph. D.)--drew University, 2015 Under Title: Dis/locating Diaspora : Reading Hebrews And First Peter With The African American Great Migration. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [146]-154) And Index. "Kaalund examines the constructed and contested Christian-Jewish identities in Hebrews and 1 Peter through the lens of the “New Negro,” a diasporic identity similarly constructed and contested during the Great Migration in the early 20th century. Like the identity “Christian,” the New Negro emerged in a context marked by instability, creativity, and the need for a sense of permanence in a hostile political environment. Upon examination, both identities also show complex internal diversity and debate that disrupts any simple articulation as purely resistant (or accommodating) to its hegemonic and oppressive environment. Kaalund's investigation into the construction of the New Negro highlights this multiplicity and contends that the rhetoric of place, race, and gender were integral to these processes of inventing a way of being in the world that was seemingly not reliant on one's physical space. Putting these issues into dialogue with 1 Peter and Hebrews allows for a reading of the formation of Christian identity as similarly engaging the rhetoric of place and race in constructive and contested ways." -- Provided by publisher