Best Vanessa Lovelace Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 11: Mark 7:24–30, the Syro-Phoenician woman, and the politics of sass 26:30

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Send us a text In this episode, Dr. Margaret Aymer and I interview Dr. Mitzi Smith to discuss her article in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse, “Race, Gender, and the Politics of ‘Sass’: Reading Mark 7:24–30 through a Womanist Lens of Intersectionality and Inter(con)textuality.” What does women's speech, Sandra Bland, a…

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Episode 10: Gen 2-3: Gender, Sex, and Church politics in the Age of AIDS 30:53

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Send us a text In this episode, I interview Dr. Cheryl Anderson to discuss her article in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse, “The Song of Songs: Redeeming Gender Constructions in the Age of AIDS.” Can the book of erotic poetry also known as the Song of Solomon redeem harmful gender constructions in Gen 2-3? Can the Blac…

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Episode 9: Matthew 2: Escape to Egypt, Assata, and Fugitive Narratives 38:01

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Send us a text In this episode, I interview Dr. Shively T. J. Smith to discuss her article in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse, “One More Time with Assata on My Mind: A Womanist Rereading of the Escape to Egypt (Matt 2:13-23) in Dialogue with an African American Woman Fugitive Narrative.” We discuss the ahistorical dep…

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Episode 8: Isaiah, Metaphors, Children, and Corporeal Punishment 25:23

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Send us a text This episode Dr. Valerie Bridgeman joins me to discuss her article in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse, “‘I Will Make Boys their Princes’: A Womanist Reading of Children in the Book of Isaiah.” We discuss the good, bad, and ugly of the parent/child metaphor in Isaiah, rebellious Israel, and parental disc…

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Episode 7: Luke 18, Jesus, infants, and Fannie Lou Hamer 37:28

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Send us a text Guest co-host, Dr. Mitzi Smith and I, interview Dr. Bridgett Green, to discuss her article in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible, "'Nobody's Free Until Everybody's Free': Exploring Gender and Class Injustice in a Story about Women (Luke 18:15-17)." Dr. Green broadens the world of infants in the Greco Roman world for our listeners …

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Episode 6: Acts 16, An enslaved girl named Rhoda? 28:27

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Send us a text Guest co-host, Dr. Mitzi Smith and I, interview Dr. Margaret Aymer to discuss her article in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible, “Outrageous, Audacious, Courageous, Willful: Reading the Enslaved Girl of Acts 12.” Dr. Aymer discusses the intersection of race/ethnicity, gender, immigration and slavery in the ancient world. Dr. Aymer…

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Episode 5: Revelation 12, the woman clothed with the sun, goddess Kali, and breast milk 43:15

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Send us a text Dr. Sharon Jacob and Dr. Jennifer Kaalund join guest co-host, the Rev. Dr. Mitzi Smith, and me in discussing their article "Flowing from Breast to Breast: An Examination of Dis/placed Motherhood in African American and Indian Wet Nurses" in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse. Follow along as Dr. Jacob and …

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Episode 4: Numbers 30, Africana Women, and Singleness 28:05

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Send us a text Guest co-host, the Rev. Dr. Mitzi Smith joins me in interviewing Dr. Stacy Davis for her article “The Invisible Women: Numbers 30 and the Politics of Singleness in Africana Communities" in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse. Listen to Dr. Davis discuss vows made by single, never-married biblical women, the…

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Episode 3: Tribute to Gay L. Byron 35:07

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Send us a text Gay L. Byron was the co-host of Womanist Bible Talk: A Podcast for Womanish Bible Readers and Their Friends. Gay died suddenly and unexpectedly December 6, 2023. The Rev. Canon Hugh Page and the Rev. Dr. Margaret Aymer joined me to pay tribute to this womanist scholar, researcher, teacher, preacher, and friend.…

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Episode 1: What Is Womanist Biblical Interpretation? 10:36

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Send us a text In this inaugural episode, hosts, Vanessa Lovelace and Gay Byron, explain how this podcast grew from their volume of essays featuring an ensemble of Old Testament and New Testament women scholars of color titled Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse to bring those voices to life in interviews with the contrib…

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Episode 2: Abuse in the Book of Job 29:35

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Send us a text In this episode, guest, Marlene Underwood, discusses her essay, "'Battered Love': Abuse in the Book of Job" in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse edited by Gay L. Byron and Vanessa Lovelace. Marlene discusses the treatment of Job by the deity through the lens of intimate partner violence. Learn how an upri…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Vanessa Lovelace Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Womanist Bible Talk: A Podcast for Womanish Bible Readers and Friends

Vanessa Lovelace & Gay Byron

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Episode 11: Mark 7:24–30, the Syro-Phoenician woman, and the politics of sass 26:30

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Episode 10: Gen 2-3: Gender, Sex, and Church politics in the Age of AIDS 30:53

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Episode 9: Matthew 2: Escape to Egypt, Assata, and Fugitive Narratives 38:01

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Episode 8: Isaiah, Metaphors, Children, and Corporeal Punishment 25:23

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Episode 7: Luke 18, Jesus, infants, and Fannie Lou Hamer 37:28

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Episode 6: Acts 16, An enslaved girl named Rhoda? 28:27

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Episode 5: Revelation 12, the woman clothed with the sun, goddess Kali, and breast milk 43:15

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Episode 4: Numbers 30, Africana Women, and Singleness 28:05

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Episode 3: Tribute to Gay L. Byron 35:07

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Episode 1: What Is Womanist Biblical Interpretation? 10:36

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Episode 2: Abuse in the Book of Job 29:35

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