RIBLA 91
I shared a little of this experience a month or so back:
A global conversation in which I participated in the midst of the covid pandemic, was the assembly of the Journal of Latin American Biblical Interpretation, known as RIBLA. RIBLA began in 1988 and since then has published ninety issues, focused on a range of topics including: 500 years of the conquest of Latin America; Jewish and Christian readings of the Bible; masculinities; human trafficking; pueblos originarios and the Bible. The articles published bring together rigorous academic study of the Bible with local practical and pastoral concerns. The virtual assembly of RIBLA in 2021 involved scholars from across Latin America, as well as a handful of invited guests from beyond the continent such as myself. We shared in Spanish, Portuguese and a number of local languages. There was music, creative liturgy, testimony and conversations.
I'm currently co-editing the ninety-first edition of the journal. My fellow editors are from El Salvador and Bolivia. Often when we gather, one of us is having breakfast, another preparing lunch and another heading for the end of the day. We communicate daily: not only about the journal and mutual friends, but about the day-to-day details of our lives. We share voice messages and photos: from the forest lakes and rivers of El Salvador; or accounts of community organizing with local women’s groups in Bolivia. We share local festivals and traditions; and interpret the news from our part of the world for each other. We celebrate and commiserate together. (The Methodist Recorder, September 2023)
You can read RIBLA 91 and every edition of RIBLA via the Verbo Divino website.
Update: Watch the launch of RIBLA 91 here.
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