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Beyond the Womanist Classroom

By: Mitzi J Smith PhD
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  • Beyond the Womanist Classroom is a weekly podcast hosted by womanist biblical scholar Dr. Mitzi J. Smith (PhD). We discuss all things womanism, cutting-edge biblical interpretation, and justice. Please consider supporting us by subscribing to our podcast on buzzsprout.com.
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Episodes
  • Season 1, Episode 21: Conversation with Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems, Professor, Author, Screenwriter

    Season 1, Episode 21: Conversation with Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems, Professor, Author, Screenwriter
    Mar 31 2023

    In this episode 21 podcast host Dr. Mitzi J. Smith talks with Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems about the 18 tenets of Africana Womanism, which is a term Hudson-Weems conceptualized.  The sixth edition of Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems' classic text Africana Womanism: Reclaiming Ourselves  will be published this year by Routledge.  Dr. Hudson-Weems is Professor of English at University of Missouri. She  was the first to argue that the lynching of Emmett Till was the impetus for the civil rights movement.  Her recently published edited volume Africana-Melanated Womanism: In It Together (Cambridge Scholars) is available from Amazon and other book sellers.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Season 1, Episode 20: Conversation with Dr. Kenneth Ngwa, Professor, Author, Activist

    Season 1, Episode 20: Conversation with Dr. Kenneth Ngwa, Professor, Author, Activist
    Mar 24 2023

    In Episode 20, podcast host Dr. Mitzi J. Smith dialogues with Dr. Kenneth Ngwa, Prof of Hebrew Bible, Drew University Theological School, about his new book Let My People Live: An Africana Reading of Exodus (Westminster John Knox, 2022). Dr. Ngwa's book is available from the publisher,  Amazon.com, and other book sellers. He is founder and director of the Religion and Global Health Forum at Drew and founder of "Never Stop Breathing," a research and praxis organization working at the interface of racial, social, and health justice.

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    Check Out My Website at www.mitzijsmith.net
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    1 hr
  • Season 1, Episode 19: Conversation with Rev. Dr. Raquel S. Lettsome

    Season 1, Episode 19: Conversation with Rev. Dr. Raquel S. Lettsome
    Mar 17 2023

    In this Episode 19, podcast host Rev. Dr. Mitzi J Smith talks with Rev. Dr. Raquel S. Lettsome, Distinguished Visiting Professor of New Testament and Womanist Hermeneutics at Eden Theological Seminary about her journey to womanism, her seminal text Call and Consequences, and her ministry (www.RSLministries.com). 

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    44 mins
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