Brian K. Blount teaches at Union Theological Seminary-P.S.C.E., Richmond, VA. Within the field of New Testament studies, he specializes in the Kingdom of God language in the Gospel of Mark, New Testament ethics, the relationship of the New Testament to the Black church, and Revelation. His publications include: Cultural Interpretation: Reorienting New Testament Criticism, Go Preach! Mark s Kingdom Message and the Black Church Today (Orbis Press), Preaching Mark in Two Voices (Westminster Press), Making Room at the Table: An Invitation to Multicultural Worship (Westminster Press), and Then the Whisper Put On Flesh: New Testament Ethics in an African American Context (Abingdon Press).