By CL Nash, PhD / July 5 2021 https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/mutuality-blog-magazine/how-harriet-jacobs-reclaimed-broken-body-black-suffering There is something about “brokenness” which allows us to open our eyes and see God’s express revelation differently. Though we frequently herald historical women and men as exceptional, it is their brokenness which really allows us to relate to them. Such is the case with Linda Brent. … Continue reading How Harriet Jacobs Reclaimed the Broken Body: Black Suffering, Black Redemption
Professor Cheryl Anderson
Cheryl B. Anderson is Professor of Old Testament at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. She earned her doctoral degree from Vanderbilt University and, earlier in her career, she practiced law in Washington, D.C. for nearly ten years. Her current research interests involve contextual and liberationist readings of Scripture in the age of HIV and … Continue reading Professor Cheryl Anderson
M2M Proudly Presents the Second Installment in the Decolonizing God Seminar Series
Speaker: Professor Rosetta Ross, Spelman College, USA Title: Decolonizing God: Theoretical Insights Into African American Religion and Black Women’s Activism When: September 20, 2021, 6-7 p.m. BST (London's Time Zone) Abstract: Using Darlene Clark Hine's theory of "dissemblance" and Charles Long's analysis of "the religious element" in African American religions, the lecture argues that a defining feature … Continue reading M2M Proudly Presents the Second Installment in the Decolonizing God Seminar Series
Inspiration Note
"Vision without action is just a dream, action without vision just passes the time, vision with action can change the world." Nelson Mandela
Update
Thank you for viewing the Misogynoir to Mishpat website. We are on summer break and will return by Aug 18, 2021. Please check back for our new profiles, essays and seminar announcements. Please consider the various social justice issues which impact women of African descent and religion. We are seeking blog writers for our upcoming … Continue reading Update
Call for Contributions: Conversations in Race, Gender and Religion
Photo by Kaboompics .com on Pexels.com The new Research Network, Misogynoir to Mishpat, will publish a noteworthy online series entitled 'Conversations in Race, Gender and Religion'. Though there is worldwide attention focused on racial reckoning, those conversations continue to ignore the multi-sectional issues of race, gender and class are largely overlooked. We welcome contributions that … Continue reading Call for Contributions: Conversations in Race, Gender and Religion
Professor Rosetta Ross
Dr. Rosetta E. Ross, an ordained United Methodist Elder, is professor of religion at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She pioneered womanist scholarship analyzing religious dimensions of Black women’s Civil Rights activism with her book Witnessing and Testifying: Black Women, Religion, and Civil Rights. Recently, Ross founded the biennial peer-reviewed journal Black Women and Religious … Continue reading Professor Rosetta Ross
Inaugural Seminar for Series: Decolonizing God
Decolonizing God: African Women's Epistemic Challenges to Patriarchal Jesus Speaker: Professor Esther Mombo Our inaugural seminar was in May 2021. Our thanks to Professor Esther Mombo for generously sharing her scholarship and insights on this topic. Abstract African women are decolonizing God through their epistemic strengths of not only surviving disease, but examining solutions that … Continue reading Inaugural Seminar for Series: Decolonizing God
Sheltering Under the Wings
I gathered you as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. (II Esdras 1:30) “May the Lord reward you for your deeds, and may you have a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge!” (Ruth 2:12, NRSV) As the former national adviser to the … Continue reading Sheltering Under the Wings
