If God Still Breathes, Why Can't I?: Black Lives Matter and Biblical Authority

by Angela N. Parker

Dr. Clarice P. Martin, Dr. Renita Weems, Dr. Mitzi Smith, Dr. Valerie Bridgeman, Dr. Wilda Gafney, Dr. Kimberly Russaw, Dr. Shanell Smith, Dr. Shively T. J. Smith, Dr. Bridgett Green, Dr. Vanessa Lovelace, Dr. Stephanie Buchanan Crowder, Dr. Cheryl Anderson, Dr. Febbie Dickerson, Dr. Love Sechrest, Dr. Marlene Underwood, Dr. Gay Byron, Dr. Stacy Davis, Dr. Lisa Bowens, Rev. Dr. Raquel Lettisome, Dr. Ericka Dunbar, Rev. Dr. Madeline McClenney-Sadler, Rev. Kamilah Hall Sharp, Minenhle Nomalungelo Khumalo, and Rev. Yolanda Norton. I also recommend the works of Dr. Margaret Aymer, Dr. Jennifer Kaalund, and Dr. Nyasha Junior as women who contribute to Womanist biblical interpretation but may not specifically identify as Womanist. I also ask that you read the work of our late Womanist sister Dr. Lynne St. Clair Darden. For international South African Womanist readings, please engage the work of Dr. Madipoane Masenya at the University of South Africa. Finally, as we say in the Black church tradition, “If I have omitted anyone, please charge it to my head and not to my heart.” This list comprises biblical scholars who have pursued or who are pursuing a PhD in Hebrew or New Testament. There also many talented Womanist theologians, such as Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes,