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The DDQ Podcast: Where conversation meets examination, and sparks transformation!Episode 10 - What is Womanism?Hey QueenSiS! I’m putting my professor tam on for a few moments, but don’t worry, there is no final exam at the end! Today’s episode is about Womanism - I use it in the title of the DDQ Journal, and tag our episodes with #WomanistWinsDay so I thought it only fair to dedicate an episode of the podcast sharing some more information about the concept. Here I define womanism and discuss just a few luminaries in the field; I talk about why this discussion matters today, by examining womanism's relevance from perspectives of the academy, environmental sustain...2025-03-051h 38
Love Your NeighborEp. 8 Old Testament Traditions of Loving NeighborsChristians often associate the commandment “love your neighbor” with Jesus’s New Testament teachings, but Jesus was drawing from a long tradition of Jewish teaching about neighbor love. What did neighbor love entail in the Old Testament? The Rev. Dr. Judy Fentress-Williams joins the podcast to talk about what contemporary Christians can draw from these teachings when our loving neighbors today.
Find Dr. Fentress-Williams’ book Holy Imagination here.
2024-10-0339 min
Intertwined - faith • community • ecologyThe stories that help us killWhen is it okay to kill a lot of people? How do the stories we tell ourselves sometimes lead to violence? How can we work within broken systems to promote survival? "The stories that help us kill" is based on Esther 7:1-10; 9:20-22.ReferencesCollins, John J. Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: Third Edition (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2018), Kindle edition.Death Penalty Information Center. “Facts about the Death Penalty.” Accessed September 25, 2024. https://dpic-cdn.org/production/documents/pdf/FactSheet.pdf.Fentress-Williams, Judy. “Esther.” In Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Test...2024-09-2914 min
St Paul's CathedralHoly Imagination: poetry and authority in the Bible - Sept 2023What does it mean to bring our imaginations to reading the Bible? Professor Judy Fentress-Williams says the Bible is there to guide us, challenge us, confuse us, inspire us, and that bringing our honest questions to the text can lead us into deeper truths and a deeper relationship with God.
Biblical scholars Judy Fentress-Williams and Paula Gooder talk about the beautiful, inspiring and difficult parts of the Bible, why we should read it like poetry, and what Biblical authority really means.
Dr Judy Fentress-Williams is Professor of Old Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary. Her latest book is 'Holy Imagination: A...2023-09-2041 min
The Bible For Normal People[Bible] Episode 253: Rev. Dr. Judy Fentress-Williams - The Book of RuthWe’re uncovering more than Boaz’s feet in this episode of The Bible for Normal People as Judy Fentress-Williams joins Pete and Jared to take a historical-critical look at the symbolism, cultural context, and subversive embrace of the other within the book of Ruth.Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2023-08-1443 min
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, Bibles & Biblical StudiesHoly Imagination: A Literary and Theological Introduction to the Whole Bible by Judy Fentress-WilliamsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584373to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Holy Imagination: A Literary and Theological Introduction to the Whole Bible
Author: Judy Fentress-Williams
Narrator: Janina Edwards
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 14 minutes
Release date: October 25, 2022
Genres: Bibles & Biblical Studies
Publisher's Summary:
The many voices in scripture form a dialogue with readers, which produce theological truths that are larger than the individual parts. This introduction is informed by both literary theory and theology. It groups sections of the whole Bible together by genre. Each section identifies and describes the genre (such as historiography, poetry, prophecy, gospel, letter, apocalypse), and...2022-10-251h 14
Sermons from Virginia SeminaryThe Rev. Judy Fentress-Williams, Ph.D. (Monday, January 10, 2022)The Rev. Judy Fentress-Williams is Professor of Old Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary.2022-01-1009 min
Sermons from Virginia SeminaryThe Rev. Judy Fentress-Williams, Ph.D. (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)The Rev. Judy Fentress-Williams is Professor of Old Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary.2021-10-2721 min
Bible Love: A Scripture PodcastCross, Take, Divide, and Serve (Joshua) - Bible Love PodcastToday we dive into Joshua, with a great overview by the Very Rev. Cynthis Briggs Kittredge (Dean of Seminary of Southwest). We talk about how we understand Biblical history, how we wrestle with hard parts of the Bible, and how God remains faithful even when we are human.
Questions for reflection this week:
- How do you wrestle with the hard parts of Scripture?
- How do you understand history, when the stories and traditions don't always match physical evidence?
Links mentioned in today's episode:
- Seminary of the Southwest (https://ssw.edu)
- The Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge...2021-09-3032 min
Bible Love: A Scripture PodcastBlessings and Consequences (Leviticus 26-27) - Bible Love PodcastToday we wrap up our study of Leviticus. looking at the blessings and consequences of our union with, and obedience to, God. We look at how these chapters in Leviticus are reflected in Jesus, Pentecost, and our work of reconciliation.
Questions for reflection this week:
- How do you see the ways that God is always with you, walking with you?
- How does your union (or disunion) with God, and with Jesus, affect your daily life? How do you feel more connected? How do you feel less connected?
- What is something you've learned about Leviticus these past few...2021-05-2023 min
Bible Love: A Scripture PodcastBlessings and Consequences (Leviticus 26-27) -Today we wrap up our study of Leviticus. looking at the blessings and consequences of our union with, and obedience to, God. We look at how these chapters in Leviticus are reflected in Jesus, Pentecost, and our work of reconciliation.
Questions for reflection this week:
- How do you see the ways that God is always with you, walking with you?
- How does your union (or disunion) with God, and with Jesus, affect your daily life? How do you feel more connected? How do you feel less connected?
- What is something you've learned about Leviticus these past few...2021-05-2024 min
Bible Love: A Scripture PodcastLove First (Leviticus 17-25) - Bible Love PodcastToday we're joined by the Rev. Greg Millikin, Rector of Grace Episcopal Church in New Lenox, Illinois. We talk about God's amazing love for us, our call to love one another, the importance of wrestling with (and taking seriously) scripture, and how sometimes we get a little too focused on the wrong things.
Questions for reflection this week:
- What is it about Leviticus, and these hard texts in particular, that terrifies us?
- How can we wrestle serious with scripture, but through the lens of love? For example, how do we see Lev 18 and 20 with an understanding that chapter 19 ("...2021-05-1330 minBible Love: A Scripture PodcastLove First (Leviticus 17-25) -Today we're joined by the Rev. Greg Millikin, Rector of Grace Episcopal Church in New Lenox, Illinois. We talk about God's amazing love for us, our call to love one another, the importance of wrestling with (and taking seriously) scripture, and how sometimes we get a little too focused on the wrong things.
Questions for reflection this week:
- What is it about Leviticus, and these hard texts in particular, that terrifies us?
- How can we wrestle serious with scripture, but through the lens of love? For example, how do we see Lev 18 and 20 with an understanding that chapter 19 ("...2021-05-1330 min
Calvary Episcopal Church - Memphis, TNThe Rev. Dr. Judy Fentress-Williams: March 19, 2021The Rev. Dr. Fentress-Williams lives at the intersection of the church and the academy. In addition to her tenured teaching position at Virginia Theological Seminary, she serves as the Senior Assistant to the Pastor for Teaching and Preaching at the Alfred Street Baptist Church. Dr. Fentress-Williams’ published work reflects her interest in a literary approach that highlights the multiple voices in scripture. She recently published a commentary on the book of Ruth for the Abingdon Old Testament Commentary Series and was a contributor and Old Testament Editor for the CEB Women’s Bible. In May 2019, Dr. Fentress-Williams delivered a message of c...2021-03-1937 min
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2020-12-2830 min
For People with Bishop Rob WrightImagining the Bible with Dr. Judy Fentress-WilliamsSend us a textWhat is it about being a follower of Jesus that lends some to study the bible for their own agenda and others to imagine multiple frameworks? If you really think about it, we use our imagination when we read the bible. We transport ourselves in a time machine and enter into an ancient world full of stories written by people with imagination! "The only way to understand scripture is to exercise imagination. You have to enter into an alternate universe. You have to embrace metaphor, poetry, and symbolical language and recognize t...2020-11-0628 min