Consider the following questions as you read The Invisible Man:

1. How have you understood what it means to be made in the image of God?
2. In your view, does the novel's emphasis on bodies and physicality illustrate or contradict what it means to be an image bearer?
3. How does the novel's theme of invisibility help us understand how we can truly "see" others as image bearers?
4. Who are the "invisible" in your community? What would it take for them to be seen with dignity?

Consider the following questions as you read "Christ Recrucified" and "The Black Christ":

1. Which of Cullen’s poems resonates most with you? Discuss Cullen’s use of imagery and perspective in each and its impact.
2. What does it mean to consider Jesus as one who suffers for, with, and like us?
3. In what ways are the cross and lynching connected? Are there any dangers in pressing this
   connection too far?
4. In what ways were Cullen’s poems a corrective to the Christological and ethical failures of
   his day? What correctives—or retrievals—are needed today in the American church’s vision
   of Jesus?
5. How can communities and individuals avoid domesticating their notion of Jesus, making him a contentless banner for pet
   causes?

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Consider the following questions as you read Moses, Main of the Mountain:

1. What do you make of Hurston’s alterations to the biblical exodus narrative? Did Moses, Man of the Mountain defamiliarize the biblical narrative for you? Did you find this constructive or unhelpful?
2. In what ways can we today learn from African Americans’ historical attention to the exodus narrative?
3. How would you explain the biblical conception of salvation? Does Hurston's novel and/or the Exodus narrative help you think more robustly about salvation?
4. Discuss the relationship between liberation and salvation in Moses, Man of the Mountain, and in the Christian life.

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