A new lectionary that centers women
“If the gospel isn’t good news to the women in the passage, is it still good news?”
Womanist biblical scholar Wil Gafney (Calvin Brown Photography)
Wil Gafney is a womanist biblical scholar and Episcopal priest who teaches at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. Her books include Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel (Fortress) and Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne (Westminster John Knox). Her current project is to create a new lectionary based on stories of women in the Bible. The first two volumes, Year A (of a three-year cycle similar to the Revised Common Lectionary) and Year W (a one-year composite option), have just been published by Church Publishing.
Listen to the full-length version of this interview on the Madang podcast.
How did you begin working on this lectionary project?
