Renita J. Weems, the Glossary
Renita J. Weems (born 1954) is an American Protestant biblical scholar, theologian, author and ordained minister.[1]
Table of Contents
35 relations: Adam Clayton Powell Jr., African American biblical hermeneutics, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Alice Walker, American Baptist College, Audre Lorde, Barbara Smith, Bernhard Anderson, Biblical theology, Carolyn Shaw Bell, CeCe Winans, Elijah Muhammad, Essence (magazine), Feminist theology, Gayl Jones, Howard Thurman, Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, Kathleen M. O'Connor, Lyman Beecher, Martin Luther King Jr., Michele Wallace, Ms. (magazine), Ntozake Shange, OCLC, Patrick D. Miller, Princeton Theological Seminary, Sojourner Truth, Spelman College, Toni Morrison, Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Vashti Murphy McKenzie, Wellesley College, Womanist theology, Yale University.
- African-American biblical scholars
- African-American theologians
- Feminist biblical scholars
- Womanist theologians
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971.
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African American biblical hermeneutics
African American biblical hermeneutics or African American biblical interpretation is the study of the interpretation of the Christian Bible, informed by African American history and experiences.
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African Methodist Episcopal Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Methodist denomination based in the United States.
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Alice Walker
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist.
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American Baptist College
American Baptist College (previously American Baptist Theological Seminary) is a private, Baptist college in Nashville, Tennessee, affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA.
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Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde (born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet and civil rights activist.
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Barbara Smith
Barbara Smith (born November 16, 1946) is an American lesbian feminist and socialist who has played a significant role in Black feminism in the United States.
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Bernhard Anderson
Bernhard Word Anderson (September 25, 1916 – December 26, 2007) was an American United Methodist pastor and Old Testament scholar.
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Biblical theology
Because scholars have tended to use the term in different ways, Biblical theology has been notoriously difficult to define.
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Carolyn Shaw Bell
Carolyn Shaw Bell (June 21, 1920 – May 13, 2006) was the Katharine Coman professor in economics at Wellesley College known for her mentorship of her own students' careers, as well as mentorship of female economists more broadly, through the efforts of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, of which she was founding chair.
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CeCe Winans
Priscilla Marie Winans Love, known professionally as CeCe Winans, (born October 8, 1964) is an American gospel singer, the best-selling and most awarded female gospel singer of all time.
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Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Robert Poole; October 7, 1897 – February 25, 1975) was an American religious leader, black separatist, and self-proclaimed Messenger of Allah who led the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1933 until his death in 1975.
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Essence (magazine)
Essence (stylized in all caps) is an American monthly lifestyle magazine covering fashion, beauty, entertainment, and culture.
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Feminist theology
Feminist theology is a movement found in several religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Neopaganism, Baháʼí Faith, Judaism, Islam, Christianity and New Thought, to reconsider the traditions, practices, scriptures, and theologies of those religions from a feminist perspective.
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Gayl Jones
Gayl Carolyn Jones (born November 23, 1949) is an American writer from Lexington, Kentucky.
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Howard Thurman
Howard Washington Thurman (November 18, 1899 – April 10, 1981) was an American author, philosopher, theologian, Christian mystic, educator, and civil rights leader.
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Katharine Doob Sakenfeld
Katharine Doob Sakenfeld (born 1940) is an American Old Testament scholar. Renita J. Weems and Katharine Doob Sakenfeld are female biblical scholars and Old Testament scholars.
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Kathleen M. O'Connor
Kathleen M. O'Connor is an American Old Testament scholar and the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emerita of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. Renita J. Weems and Kathleen M. O'Connor are female biblical scholars and Old Testament scholars.
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Lyman Beecher
Lyman Beecher (October 12, 1775 – January 10, 1863) was a Presbyterian minister, and the father of 13 children, many of whom became writers or ministers, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Catharine Beecher, and Thomas K.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Renita J. Weems and Martin Luther King Jr. are African-American theologians.
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Michele Wallace
Michele Faith Wallace (born January 4, 1952) is a black feminist author, cultural critic, and daughter of artist Faith Ringgold.
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Ms. (magazine)
Ms. is an American feminist magazine co-founded in 1971 by journalist and social/political activist Gloria Steinem.
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Ntozake Shange
Ntozake Shange (FilmReference.com. Retrieved October 27, 2018. October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018) was an American playwright and poet.
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OCLC
OCLC, Inc., doing business as OCLC, See also: is an American nonprofit cooperative organization "that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for its membership and the library community at large".
Patrick D. Miller
Patrick D. Miller, Jr. (24 October 1935 – 1 May 2020) was an American Old Testament scholar who served as Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1984 to 2005. Renita J. Weems and Patrick D. Miller are Old Testament scholars.
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Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary (PTSem), officially The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, is a private school of theology in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree; November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance.
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Spelman College
Spelman College is a private, historically Black, women's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Toni Morrison
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (née Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. Renita J. Weems and Toni Morrison are 21st-century African-American academics.
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Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Vanderbilt University Divinity School
The Vanderbilt Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion (usually Vanderbilt Divinity School) is an interdenominational divinity school at Vanderbilt University, a major research university located in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Vashti Murphy McKenzie
Vashti Murphy McKenzie (born May 28, 1947) is the President and General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA.
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Wellesley College
Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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Womanist theology
Womanist theology is a methodological approach to theology which centers the experience and perspectives of Black women, particularly African-American women.
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Yale University
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
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See also
African-American biblical scholars
- Brian Blount
- Cain Hope Felder
- Esau McCaulley
- Lloyd A. Lewis
- Love L. Sechrest
- Mitzi J. Smith
- Renita J. Weems
- Vincent L. Wimbush
- Wilda C. Gafney
- Willie James Jennings
African-American theologians
- Cornel West
- Delores S. Williams
- Demetrius Jifunza
- Diana L. Hayes
- Dwight Hopkins
- Gayraud Wilmore
- George Washington Henderson
- Gowan Pamphlet
- J. Deotis Roberts
- Jacquelyn Grant
- James H. Cone
- Jamie T. Phelps
- Joseph L. Roberts Jr.
- Katie Cannon
- Kelly Brown Douglas
- Leah Gaskin Fitchue
- Lucius Holsey Pitts
- M. Shawn Copeland
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Michael J. Battle
- Nyasha Junior
- Obery M. Hendricks Jr.
- Raphael Warnock
- Renita J. Weems
- Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
- Thandeka (minister)
- Thomas Kilgore Jr.
- Willie James Jennings
- Yvonne Seon
Feminist biblical scholars
- Adele Reinhartz
- Athalya Brenner
- Carol Meyers
- Carole R. Fontaine
- Elizabeth Castelli
- Esther Fuchs
- J. Cheryl Exum
- Renita J. Weems
- Wilda C. Gafney
Womanist theologians
- Debra Majeed
- Delores S. Williams
- Jacquelyn Grant
- Jamie T. Phelps
- Katie Cannon
- Kelly Brown Douglas
- Love L. Sechrest
- M. Shawn Copeland
- Madeleva Manifesto
- Monica Coleman
- Prathia Hall
- Renita J. Weems
- Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
- Stephanie Mitchem
- Wilda C. Gafney
- Yvette Flunder
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renita_J._Weems
Also known as Renita Weems.