User:Mia Hash Sloan/Wil Gafney

Gafney’s work pointedly addresses not only the patriarchy that is deeply embedded in biblical texts. Her scholarship equally addresses the racial inequity pointing out whiteness in biblical texts. She has notably contributed to several  publications, most publications that contribute to uplifting and understanding a black woman's lived experience through race, gender and class. As a noted Hebrew scholar and Womanist Gafney applies her sharp biblical scholarship to address societal oppression for women, focusing particularly on black women. She addresses systemic issues that the bible often uplifts. She pointedly addresses rape culture that  has readily been deemed as acceptable. Gafney amongst other notable biblical and womanist scholars confront such narratives to begin to disrupt systems of oppression. Her scholarly work is published in magazines such as Sojourners magazine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourners

The Forehead of a whore challenges the biblical status quo that consents to rape culture and language that has unjustly subjugated women to such sexual violence and acts. Gafney outlines how many of the old testament prophets and authors used sexually violent language to metaphorically explain the contentious relationship between God and humankind most reflected through the context of Israel and their covenant with God. Gafney uses articles like “The Forehead of a Whore” to re-situate the agency for women at large most particularly those who are womanist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womanism, a term coined by Alice Walker.

publications in http://www.wilgafney.com/2017/10/22/the-forehead-of-a-whore/

Wil Gafney's Bibliography:


 * A Reflection on The Black Lives Matter Movement and Its Impact On My Scholarship
 * A Womanist Midrash of Delilah: Don't Hate the Playa Hate the Game

Source: Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse


 * The Long Green Season

Source: Sojourners Magazine, 47 no 6 June 2018, p.44-45


 * Rumors of Life

Source: Sojourners Magazine, 47 no 5 May 2018, p.44-45


 * Resurrection Spaces

Source: Sojourners Magazine, 47 no 4 April 2018, p.48-49


 * Stories in Conversation

Source: Sojourners Magazine, 47 no 3 March 2018, p.44-45


 * Light and Shadow

Source: Sojourners Magazine, 47 no 2 Feb 2018 p.44-45


 * Church of Another Chance

Source: Sojourners Magazine, 47 no 2 Feb 2018, p.44-45


 * The Longest Season

Source: Sojourners Magazine, 46 no 10 Nov. 2017, p.44-45


 * Growth Can Take Generations

Source: Sojourners Magazine, 46 no 7 July 2017, p.48-49


 * Curb Your Impulse

Source: Sojourner Magazine, 46 no 9 Sept.- Oct 2017


 * A Wild Welcome Table
 * A Queer Womanist Midrashic Reading of Numbers 25:1-18
 * Feminist Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Retrospect III Methods