Readings from the Road: Contextual Bible Study with a Group of Homeless and Vulnerably-Housed People

Readings from the Road, a British Academy-funded small research project, investigated the use of Contextual Bible Study (CBS) with a group of homeless and vulnerably-housed people at a soup kitchen in South-West England. The transient nature of the homeless community presented particular challenges...

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Authors: Cornwall, Susannah ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author) ; Nixon, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2011]
In: The expository times
Year: 2011, Volume: 123, Issue: 1, Pages: 12-19
Further subjects:B Interpretation of
B Homelessness
B Homeless persons
B Judgement
B Jesus
B Food relief
B Bible Study & teaching
B England
B Religious Aspects
B Hermeneutics
B Contextual Bible Study
B Stevens, John C.: Home
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Summary:Readings from the Road, a British Academy-funded small research project, investigated the use of Contextual Bible Study (CBS) with a group of homeless and vulnerably-housed people at a soup kitchen in South-West England. The transient nature of the homeless community presented particular challenges in using this method, but the non-directive and democratic nature of CBS proved valuable. The authors discuss three themes arising from the study sessions: home and place, judgment and stigmatization, and the figure of Jesus. Participants’ linking of biblical themes with their own experiences and broader social events are explored. The authors note that consciously privileging the experience and knowledge of those whose narratives or reading sites are silenced or devalued by mainstream religious traditions is not unequivocally positive, but that the homeless participants’ liminal, insider-outsider relationship to the rest of society is a significant factor in their ability to query and subvert established discourses, providing flashes of imagery which might be deemed prophetic.
ISSN:1745-5308
Contains:Enthalten in: The expository times
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0014524611417668