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Racial, ethnic questions
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Audio of Médine’s chapel message about Susie King Taylor and racial reconciliation (20 min)
Médine spoke in chapel at Asbury University, where she teaches, about Susie King Taylor, a figure featured in…
Susie King Taylor
For Black History Month, my wife, Médine Moussounga Keener, recorded the following presentation. Médine’s PhD dissertation, written at…
Discussion on racial reconciliation (Craig and Médine)
Médine is from Congo-Brazzaville and her husband Craig is from the U.S. Remnant Radio interviews them on some…
Culture Shapes What We Think is Cultural and Leaves Us All with Blind Spots
Almost everyone today recognizes that at least some texts address local situations. Most Christians, for example, do not…
Contextualization and Scripture: Understanding the Nature of Cross-Cultural Communication
I asked my dear friend, neighbor, and missiology colleague at my former seminary, Samuel Escobar, where biblical studies…
Discerning the Spirit’s Voice by Engaging in Multiple Cultures
Why is it that bicultural Hellenist believers such as Stephen (theologically) and Philip (practically; Acts 6-8) were able…
Pentecost as a Reversal of Babel
Reading from the vantage point of Pentecost also means a cross-cultural, globally sensitive reading. Pentecost is for all…
Samaritans and the Spirit–Acts 8:14-17 (21 min)
This message recorded in Asbury Seminary chapel on October 8 is available both in audio and video format…
Part 5: Some Biblical Responses to Racism and Discrimination (12 and 1/2 minutes)
Dr. Yeshua Gruber continues his interview with Craig and Médine (recorded in the spring, but Craig got behind…
Part 4: Pursuing Justice and Reconciliation (28.30 minutes)
Part 4 of Yeshaya Gruber’s interviews with Médine and Craig about racial issues: https://2020-roundtable.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ETHNIC/Reconciliation-04.mp4
Part 3: Women and the Bible in African-American History (17 minutes)
Dr. Yeshaya Gruber continues his interview with Craig and Médine. Médine’s PhD dissertation was on African-American women after…
Part 2: Ancient “Ethnicity” and Modern “Race” (22 minutes)
Dr. Yeshaya Gruber continues the interview with Craig and Médine, including on Black Africans in the Bible: Part…
Part 1: A Story of War and Romance (19 minutes)
Dr. Yeshaya Gruber’s interview with Médine and Craig continues (with some overlap with last week, since it included…
The Bible and ethnic reconciliation with Yeshaya Gruber in Israel (pre-segment), 11 minutes
Yeshaya interviews Médine and Craig on the Bible and ethnic reconciliation. This will be a series of videos,…
Part 4: Pursuing Justice and Reconciliation (28 1/2 minutes)
Dr. Yeshaya Gruber continues his interview with Craig and Médine, asking about racial justice in the U.S. and…