Vincent L. Wimbush

Cultural Interpretations

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“A well-conceived, thoroughly researched, and elegantly written work, Cultural Interpretation establishes Blount as a sophisticated voice with new provocative challenges for church, academy, and culture. As a demonstration of the power of sociolinguistics for 'de-centering' and establishing the cultural variability of biblical interpretation, his book has far-reaching ramifications for biblical scholarship….Required reading for all serious students of the Bible.”

Rhetoric and Ethic

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This book is the mature and provocative work of a mature and provocative scholar. In the way that only she can, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza prods and goads biblical scholarship to think seriously about its predominant orientations and practices, their origins and perduring consequences. She also brilliantly models a different and compelling orientation and praactice for our times. Such orientation and practice, of course, are not likely to be taken up by all. The real power of the work lies, at any rate, not so much in the challenge it presents to the academic guild center, but to those in different positions on its periphery—those who desperately want and need to orient themselves differently from the center yet do not know either how to begin in a different place or whether there is safety in doing so. For many among such persons, this book will be most arresting and meaningful.”

The Making of the Self

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“This wide-ranging collection of essays is a remarkably coherent and compelling presentation of Valantasis's mature theorizing about a complex and fascinating phenomenon. Through his writings and through our conversations and collaborations over the years, Valantasis had already taught me much about asceticism. But this book I read as the capstone of his musings, playfulness, and hard work. It is Valantasis at his best--articulate, creative, witty, feisty, provocative, brilliant. All students of religion and culture will be enlightened and delighted and challenged by this book.”

Wo/men, Scripture, and Politics

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“With this little book, so well conceived, convincingly argued, and crisply written, we are yet again enlightened and provoked by Schüssler Fiorenza. And, as always, around things that matter. This book is a reminder that Schüssler Fiorenza’s work charts, evokes, and models some of the major shifts—theoretical and psycho-political, sometimes painful and challenging—in modern critical work on the Bible. Ever the force to be reckoned with, this book carves out another rung in the deep well from which, no matter the intellectual-psychic space inhabited, one can draw inspiration, analytics, and perspective. Write on, Elisabeth!”