
First, my wife and I listened to an interview Esau McCaulley did with OnScript. I admit I gave little thought to skin color and Scripture until recently. Together, they have four children.Although I now live in a town that’s 64% Black or African American and only 30% White, it still feels strange that our local churches don’t even remotely reflect these demographics. He is married to Mandy, a pediatrician and Navy reservist. McCaulley currently serves as assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. He is also the host of the Disrupters Podcast and functions as a canon theologian for his diocese.ĭr.

He has appeared in outlets such as Christianity Today and The Washington Post. He is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. Reading While Black looks at the tradition of African American biblical interpretation and argues that the Bible rightly understood and read from a decidedly Black perspective can speak a word of hope to African Americans in the United States.Īlongside these more academic works, he writes popular pieces. His second book, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope, was published by IVP Academic in 2020. Sharing in the Son’s Inheritance looks at the role Jewish messianism played in Paul’s argument in Galatians that Jesus has made believers heirs in the Messiah to the Abrahamic promises. His doctoral dissertation, Sharing in the Son’s Inheritance, was published by T & T Clark in 2019.

McCaulley’s research and writing focus on Pauline theology, African American biblical interpretation, and articulating a Christian theology of justice in the public square.

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He completed his doctoral studies at the University of St. Canon Esau McCaulley, PhD, is a New Testament scholar and Anglican priest.
