Mitzi J. Smith, PhD., to Present March 23 Anna Julia Cooper Lecture

Candler’s Black Church Studies Program will welcome Mitzi J. Smith, J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, as distinguished guest speaker for the 2023 Anna Julia Cooper Lecture on March 23 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Room 252 of Candler’s Rita Anne Rollins Building. The event is free and open to the public, with …

Sistah Shout-Out to Prof. Trina Armstrong

The Misogynoir to Mishpat Research Network would like to acknowledge and celebrate the marvelous academic journey of Prof. Trina Armstrong who is now the Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy and Pastoral Theology and the Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Louisville Seminary. Please see her words below and the link …

New Book Release – We Are All Witnesses

We Are All Witnesses is a remarkable, sassy, creative, disruptive, and deeply personal textbook. It is like no other text on biblical interpretation. Smith and Newheart have produced a groundbreaking milestone book about how to do biblical interpretation that prioritizes justice and the reader’s context.

New Book Release – Bitter the Chastening Rod

Bitter the Chastening Rod follows in the footsteps of the first collection of African American biblical interpretation, Stony the Road We Trod (1991). Nineteen Africana biblical scholars contribute cutting-edge essays reading Jesus, criminalization, the enslaved, and whitened interpretations of the enslaved.

Mitzi J. Smith, PhD., to Present March 23 Anna Julia Cooper Lecture

Candler’s Black Church Studies Program will welcome Mitzi J. Smith, J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, as distinguished guest speaker for the 2023 Anna Julia Cooper Lecture on March 23 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

A Womanist Podcast for Womanish Women

There's a new womanist podcast coming to a podcast player near you! Prof. Vanessa Lovelace, Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Lancaster Theological Seminary, will soon be providing a new womanist podcast. The podcast, entitled, "A Womanist Podcast for Womanish Women and Their Friends Engaged in Conversations About the Bible," is …

Sistah Shout-Out to Dr. Richelle White

The Misogynoir to Mishpat Research Network is pleased to 'shout out' Dr. Richelle White and her recent grant on Black women's storytelling. She is a powerful womanist scholar and great human being. Please read, share and click "love" for her story. https://www.kuyper.edu/dr-white-earns-grant-for-project-on-black-womens-storytelling/

Leeds University’s School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science – Marie Curie Fellow 2023

SPOTLIGHT  WEDNESDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2023 Dr Megan Robertson The Misogynoir to Mishpat (M2M) Research Network would like to join in welcoming the arrival of Dr. Megan Robertson at the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science at the University of Leeds. Though many schools have not kept record of the ethnic and racial make-up …

Six Black Women at the Center of Gravity in Theological Education

Please see the link below and the marvelous article regarding the contributions of six powerful Black women in theological education. This is a short list - but we will do our best to share many, many more! https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/six-black-women-center-gravity-theological-education-n780101 Black women are making history in theological education - from first deans, to first to receive full …

A New Seed for 2023

Happy New Year! We are sharing a post from the powerful and incomparable Lisa Sharon Harper! She reminds us of our painful past in the US - but it is not the US alone who has to bear the pains of this history. America's painful and shameful past belongs to the world. Throughout the globe, …