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In this episode, Caz and Em discuss understandings of intimate partner violence and coercive control, both in the Bible and contemporary culture. They investigate the “prophetic marriage metaphor” that appears in the book of Hosea, where the prophet Hosea uses his own unhappy marriage to reflect on God's troubled relationship with Israel. Caz and Em explore this metaphor to uncover how it evokes many of the same tactics used by contemporary perpetrators of coercive control. Show notesFind us on Twitter @BloodyBiblePod, on Facebook @TheBloodyBiblePodcast, and on Instagram @bloodybiblepodcast. You can also email the podcast at BloodyBiblePodcast@gmail.com.The Bloody Bible podcast is produced by Carolyn Blyth, Emily Colgan and Richard Bonifant.Episodes are recorded and edited by Richard Bonifant.Our podcast music is ‘Stalker' by Alexis Ortiz Sofield, courtesy of Pixabay music https://pixabay.com/music/search/stalker/ Our podcast art was created by Sarah Lea Westhttps://www.instagram.com/sarahleawest.art/?fbclid=IwAR0F4i-R7JpRePmm8PmGta_OkOCWa-kMjR3QGSSeOKi6SWNrCk3rA5VuIZk Resources for this episodeEmily Colgan, ‘Let Him Romance You: Rape Culture and Gender Violence in Evangelical Christian Self-Help Literature', in Caroline Blyth, Emily J. Colgan, and Katie B. Edwards (eds.), Rape Culture, Gender Violence, and Religion: Christian Perspectives (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), pp. 9-26.https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-72685-4_2 Crime Analyst podcast, hosted by Laura Richardshttps://www.crime-analyst.com/ Linda Day, “Teaching the Prophetic Marriage Metaphor Texts,” Teaching Theology and Religion 2, no. 3 (1999): 173–179. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9647.00059 The Duluth Model Power and Control Wheel https://www.theduluthmodel.org/wheels/ Carole R. Fontaine, ‘A Response to “Hosea”', in Athalya Brenner (ed.), Feminist Companion to the Latter Prophets (Sheffield Academic Press, 1995), pp. 60-69.Jane Gilmore, Fixed It (Viking, 2019).https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/fixed-it-9780143795506 Jane Gilmore, Fixed It website.https://janegilmore.com/category/fixedit/ Naomi Graetz, ‘God Is to Israel as Husband Is to Wife: The Metaphoric Battering of Hosea's Wife', in Athalya Brenner (ed.), A Feminist Companion to the Latter Prophets (Sheffield Academic Press, 1995), pp. 126-45.Sharon Hayes and Samantha Jeffries, Romantic Terrorism: An Auto-Ethnography of Domestic Violence, Victimization and Survival (Palgrave Pivot, 2015).https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137468499 Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse (Black Inc., 2019) https://www.jesshill.net/ Laura Richards, “Breaking down coercive control.”https://twitter.com/laurarichards99/status/1502356993608073218 Laura Richards websitehttps://www.laurarichards.co.uk/ Michael Salter, ‘Real Men Do Hit Women', Meanjin Quarterly (Autumn 2016). Available online: https://meanjin.com.au/essays/real-men-do-hit-women/#3.Small Town Dicks podcast, Season 2, Episodes 2 and 3, “If these walls could talk.”https://www.smalltowndicks.com/episode/s2-e2-if-these-walls-could-talk-pt-1/ Evan Stark, Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life (Oxford University Press, 2007).https://global.oup.com/academic/product/coercive-control-9780195384048?cc=nz&lang=en& Samantha Taaka, Apriel Jolliffe Simpson & Devon Polaschek, “Coercive Control in Intimate Partner Violence in New Zealand. Future Safe Research Projects,” University of Waikato. https://www.waikato.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/508956/Sam-Poster-1.pdf Renita J. Weems, ‘Gomer: Victim of Violence or Victim of Metaphor?', Semeia 47 (1989), pp. 87-104Wings, How to respond to victims of domestic violence.https://wingsprogram.com/five-harmful-responses-domestic-violence-survivors/?gclid=CjwKCAiAvaGRBhBlEiwAiY-yMHUr6Y1ZB63Zxc3PB84ULFDav6RfvmCUpjlOhyhJWufPia_PHU0wTxoCIh0QAvD_BwE Women's Aid UK, “How Common is Domestic Abuse?”https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/what-is-domestic-abuse/how-common-is-domestic-abuse/ Support ServicesShine (NZ) - https://www.2shine.org.nz/ Family Violence - It's Not Okay (NZ) - https://www.areyouok.org.nz/ National Domestic Violence Hotline (USA) - https://www.thehotline.org/ Women's Aid (UK) - https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems wikipediaRev. Dr. Renita J. Weems webpageJust a Sister Away: A Womanist Vision of Women's Relationships in the Bible, Renita J. WeemsBlack Stars African American Religious Leaders bookKatie CannonAlice WalkerKimberle CrenshawAll the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are BraveSula by Toni MorrisonWomanbooksThe SisterhoodShanna G. Benjamin's book, Half in Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKayRenita Weems (@somethingwithin)/TwitterRenita Weems (@weemsrj)/Instagram
"Make no mistake about it: evangelicalism is white supremacy disguised as religion." That quote comes from Renita J. Weems, just one of the three Black women biblical scholars whose work Char Adams digs into for her thesis, "If It Wasn't for the Women: An Exploration of Works by Renita Weems, Wil Gafney, & Kelly Brown Douglas." These three women are disparate but prominent Womanist voices whose work analyzing and interpreting the Bible have informed the experience of Black women in history with a specific eye on the writing and canonization of books in the Bible have perpetuated white supremacy, misogyny, and trans and homophobia. This interview demands that we confront how there were very harmful and demeaning factors that led to the Bible's creation, but also offers hope for how decolonizing the allegedly infallible text can open us up to the truly revolutionary example of Christ on the road to embracing and elevating Black women. ABOUT CHAR Char Adams is a journalist currently living in Texas working for NBCBLK. The thesis was written as part of her Master's Degree for The Graduate Center of CUNY and can be read in full at the following link: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3726/ More of her work for NBCBLK can be found here: https://linktr.ee/CharAdams
"Make no mistake about it: evangelicalism is white supremacy disguised as religion." That quote comes from Renita J. Weems, just one of the three Black women biblical scholars whose work Char Adams digs into for her thesis, "If It Wasn’t for the Women: An Exploration of Works by Renita Weems, Wil Gafney, & Kelly Brown Douglas." These three women are disparate but prominent Womanist voices whose work analyzing and interpreting the Bible have informed the experience of Black women in history with a specific eye on the writing and canonization of books in the Bible have perpetuated white supremacy, misogyny, and trans and homophobia. This interview demands that we confront how there were very harmful and demeaning factors that led to the Bible's creation, but also offers hope for how decolonizing the allegedly infallible text can open us up to the truly revolutionary example of Christ on the road to embracing and elevating Black women. ABOUT CHAR Char Adams is a journalist currently living in Texas working for NBCBLK. The thesis was written as part of her Master's Degree for The Graduate Center of CUNY and can be read in full at the following link: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3726/ More of her work for NBCBLK can be found here: https://linktr.ee/CharAdams
"Make no mistake about it: evangelicalism is white supremacy disguised as religion." That quote comes from Renita J. Weems, just one of the three Black women biblical scholars whose work Char Adams digs into for her thesis, "If It Wasn’t for the Women: An Exploration of Works by Renita Weems, Wil Gafney, & Kelly Brown Douglas." These three women are disparate but prominent Womanist voices whose work analyzing and interpreting the Bible have informed the experience of Black women in history with a specific eye on the writing and canonization of books in the Bible have perpetuated white supremacy, misogyny, and trans and homophobia. This interview demands that we confront how there were very harmful and demeaning factors that led to the Bible's creation, but also offers hope for how decolonizing the allegedly infallible text can open us up to the truly revolutionary example of Christ on the road to embracing and elevating Black women. ABOUT CHAR Char Adams is a journalist currently living in Texas working for NBCBLK. The thesis was written as part of her Master's Degree for The Graduate Center of CUNY and can be read in full at the following link: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3726/ More of her work for NBCBLK can be found here: https://linktr.ee/CharAdams
We can endure almost anything if we are centered, if we have some focus in our life. You can endure if you have an anchor. Renita J. Weems A reminder that for the next little while, I’ll be publishing more often with shorter episodes as a way to talk about and support you during the uncertainty of the times. Today I want to chat about finding your anchors. A month into self-isolation I’ve learned that there are a few things I need to do every day to stay grounded. This goes beyond my micro-moves I talked about in the last episode – those were more about what I wanted to accomplish each day. My anchors are the activities I do my very best to ensure happen every day, no matter what. These are simple things that help me feel more like myself, turn down the volume on any anxiety I’m feeling and remind me that at this moment – I’m ok. When I do these things, I feel more capable of taking on the to-do items on my list. And when I do these things, I feel better, more hopeful and like I’ve had a mindset reset. Listen in to hear what they are and how you can find your own. Enjoy the episode. Recommended Resources: Join LEAD.Well – a new leadership subscription for women who want to be better, braver leaders. USE coupon code: communitycare for 30 days free (April sign-ups only) In praise of micro moves Sign up to receive my weekly Leadership Letters Join me on Instagram here or on Twitter
Rev. Elaine Flake, Rev. Renita J. Weems, Rev. Martin L. Espinosa
Dr. P talks with Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems, Biblical scholar and a highly sought after writer, speaker, ordained minister, and public intellectual known for her scholarly insights into modern faith, biblical texts, and the role of spirituality in everyday life.
Primary Sources: Jeremiah, scattered, but especially 3:1 and 31:31-37; Ezekiel 16, 23; Hosea Secondary Sources: Battered Love, Renita J. Weems; Carnal Knowledge of God, Rebecca M. M. Voelkel, Chapter 3. Outline * Trigger Warning I. What is the Metaphor? A. Jeremiah 3:1 -- notion of defilement of a wife, spoiled by another, etc. B. Chosen to elicit a "gut reaction" more than intellectual reasoning C. Plays off a system that is in place without explicitly endorsing that system II. How bad is it? A. Ezekiel 16 & 23 -- graphic, explicit, weird talk about Egyptian genitalia B. Hosea -- shockingly detailed & graphic, and bizarre story line C. Amazingly bad III. Is the metaphor wholly detached from the subject? A. Monogamy -- Monotheism connection B. Dominance - Submissive understanding of marriage & faith C. Maleness of religion as a source of organizing power IV. Colonization & Displacement of Female Power A. The use of rape and otherness as a tool of colonizing -- "savage" non-binary society, rape of slave women, etc. B. The quest among the prophets of YHWH to displace other forms of worship, including pantheons with strong female presence V. How much do we hate this? A. The sexual violence remains in our society today. B. The connection with supernatural theism C. These metaphors do not exactly support co-creation with God.
Renita J. Weems & Martin L. Espinosa
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