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Dr. Randall C. Bailey is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Hebrew Bible
at Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Bailey
is a native of Malden, MA. He received the BA from Brandeis
University, the MA in Social Service Administration from the
University of Chicago, the MDiv from Candler School of Theology and
the Ph.D. in Old Testament from Emory University.
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Prior to coming to ITC Dr. Bailey taught at the Atlanta University
School of Social Work and served as Assistant Minister at First
Congregational Church, UCC in Atlanta. Dr. Bailey is an ordained
Baptist minister and holds his membership at Ebenezer Baptist Church
in Atlanta. Dr. Bailey has served on the faculty of the Institute
for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University in New Orleans and
has served as Visiting Scholar in Bible at Columbia Theological
Seminary in Decatur, GA, Iliff School of Theology in Denver, CO,
Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., Escola Superior de
Téologia in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, and at the College of the
Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa.
Dr. Bailey has served on the Editorial Board of Semeia, a journal of
experimental research sponsored by the Society of Biblical
Literature and on the Board of Atlanta Interfaith AIDS Network, and
as a consultant to The Balm in Gilead, Inc. He has represented the
Progressive National Baptist Convention and the American Baptist
Churches in the USA on several Program Ministries and the Executive
Board of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA,
where he currently serves as Chair of the Bible Translation and
Utilization Committee. Currently he serves on the Editorial Boards
of the Journal of Religion and Abuse and on Black Theology: An
International Journal.
Dr. Bailey has lectured and preached extensively nationally and
internationally. He is the author of one book, David in Love and
War: The Pursuit of Power in 2 Samuel 10-12 (Sheffield, 1990),
co-editor with Dr. Jacquelyn Grant of the book, The Recovery of
Black Presence: An Interdisciplinary Exploration (Abingdon, 1995),
co-editor with Dr. Tina Pippin of the Semeia volume, entitled “Race,
Class, and the Politics of Bible Translation.” (1996), and editor of
the Semeia Studies book entitled, Yet With A Steady Beat:
Contemporary U. S. Afrocentric Biblical Interpretation (SBL, 2003).
He is the author of numerous articles on the Hebrew Bible. He
concentrates on the relationship of Ancient Africa and the Hebrew
Bible and he specializes in ideological criticism, especially as
regards the intersections of race, gender, class, sex, sexuality,
nationality and power in the biblical text.
Dr. Bailey is married to Ms. D. Jean Lewis Bailey, formerly of
Memphis, TN, and they have two young adult children, Omari and Imani.
Books by Randall C. Bailey
- The Recovery of Black Presence: An Interdisciplinary
Exploration: Essays in Honor of Dr. Charles B. Copher
- Yet With a Steady Beat: U.S. Afrocentric Biblical Interpretation
(Semeia Studies.)
- The Church With AIDS: Renewal in the Midst of Crisis
- David in Love & War: The Pursuit of Power in 2 Samuel 10-12
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