Monday, November 29, 2021
The Mennonite Scholars and Friends Forum, which takes place annually in conjunction with the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature meetings, took place virtually on Friday, 19 November 2021. The virtual forum was followed by an in person reception for those present at the meetings in San Antonio.
The theme for this year's forum was "Women, Liberation, and the Bible." The forum inculded the following presentations:
Nancy Heisey, Eastern Mennonite University, presiding- Benjamin Bixler, Drew Theological School, “Luke’s Use of the Samuel Narrative: Disrupting Male Homosocial Spaces”
- Nathan Hershberger, Duke University, “Healing the Wounds of Scripture: Anna Jansz and Biblical Apocalypticism”
- Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, Bluffton University, “Eglon’s Fatness: An Experiment in Ethical Interpretation”
- Noemi Vega Quiñones, Southern Methodist University, “Reclaiming Consent: A Latinx Ideological Hermeneutic on Rahab in the Wakes of #MeToo and #ChurchToo”
The presentations and Q&A sessions were recorded and we are pleased to make those available online.
