Episode 228: Emilie Townes — The Wisdom of Hope (Reissue)

The Bible for Normal People; Emilie Townes

Emilie Townes explains womanist ethics through Black women’s thought, then considers how communities wrestle with Scripture, uncertainty, and hope.

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STARTING FRAMEBlack Christian / womanist ethics

EXPLORESBible & Authority

ENGAGEMENT EFFORTModerate

REVIEW DEPTHL2 · Inner Atlas Reviewed

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Good starting place if…

You want to hear a Black woman theologian describe how lived experience changes the questions brought to the Bible.

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A reissue of a 2020 interview; its Christian and womanist ethical commitments are explicit. The hosts’ conversation is not a survey of all womanist theology.