Emerson B. Powery (PhD, Duke University) is professor of biblical studies at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Jesus Reads Scripture and Immersion Bible Studies: Mark and the coauthor of The Genesis of Liberation: Biblical Interpretation in the Antebellum Narratives of the Enslaved. He is also the coeditor of True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary.

• ContentsSeries PrefaceThe Preamble1. Who Is My Neighbor? Luke 10 for the Life of the Church2. The Good Samaritan in Christian Tradition: What You See Depends on Where You Stand3. Mercy and the Neighbor: Reading the Parable4. Samaritan Lives Matter: Is the Church Engaged in Good Trouble?Conclusion: Imagining a "Samaritan" for the Life of the ChurchIndexes

Emerson B. Powery (PhD, Duke University) is professor of biblical studies at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Jesus Reads Scripture and Immersion Bible Studies: Mark and the coauthor of The Genesis of Liberation: Biblical Interpretation in the Antebellum Narratives of the Enslaved. He is also the coeditor of True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary.

• ContentsSeries PrefaceThe Preamble1. Who Is My Neighbor? Luke 10 for the Life of the Church2. The Good Samaritan in Christian Tradition: What You See Depends on Where You Stand3. Mercy and the Neighbor: Reading the Parable4. Samaritan Lives Matter: Is the Church Engaged in Good Trouble?Conclusion: Imagining a "Samaritan" for the Life of the ChurchIndexes

Emerson B. Powery (PhD, Duke University) is professor of biblical studies at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Jesus Reads Scripture and Immersion Bible Studies: Mark and the coauthor of The Genesis of Liberation: Biblical Interpretation in the Antebellum Narratives of the Enslaved. He is also the coeditor of True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary.

• ContentsSeries PrefaceThe Preamble1. Who Is My Neighbor? Luke 10 for the Life of the Church2. The Good Samaritan in Christian Tradition: What You See Depends on Where You Stand3. Mercy and the Neighbor: Reading the Parable4. Samaritan Lives Matter: Is the Church Engaged in Good Trouble?Conclusion: Imagining a "Samaritan" for the Life of the ChurchIndexes