Dr. Cain Hope Felder
is professor of New Testament Language and Literature and editor of "The Journal of Religious Thought" at the School of Divinity, Howard University.

Felder is the author of several books. His first, "Troubling Biblical Waters: Race, Class and Family," gained immediate recognition as a "groundbreaking study." Felder taught at Princeton Theological Seminary and was the first national director of the United Methodist Black Caucus. He is also founder of the Biblical Institute for Social Change, Washington, D.C., an organization dedicated to inform, inspire, affirm and transform the Christian community through scholarship and research.

 

Books by Cain Hope Felder:

Troubling Biblical Waters: Race, Class, & Family
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Format:  Paperback, 233pp.

A comprehensive and challenging look at the significance of the Bible for blacks, and the importance of blacks in the Bible. "Timely . . . serious and creative."--The Catholic Journal.

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Stony the Road We Trod: African American Biblical Interpretation
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This is a splendid collection of 11 essays by African American biblical scholars; the introduction puts the essays, and the consultation out of which they grew, into context. The essays consider biblical authority, African American sources for enhancing biblical interpretation, and the issue of race in the Bible. They also offer reinterpretation of specific biblical texts, while revealing the role blacks played within the Bible. These essays are important for both scholars and general readers, making the book essential for many libraries. —Library Journal

 

Read this article by Felder: Racism tarnishes the gospel:
http://www.thelutheran.org/9604/page52a.html

Dr. Felder Bio - Howard University School of Divinity
http://www.husdsupport.org/faculty_directory.htm#Felder, Dr. Cain H.