Reading Darkness: Reflecting on the African Americans and the Bible Conference After 25 Years
Release Date: 07/21/2025
Reading Scriptures: Reflecting on the Formation of the Institute for Signifying Scriptures after 20 yearsThe Institute for Signifying Scriptures
Scriptures Everywhere
In this conversation, first recorded in the fall of 2023, Dr. Lalruatkima, Dr. Robin Owens, and Dr. Katrina Van Heest discuss the early years of the Institute for Signifying Scriptures in the 2000s. What is the ISS? What were the questions about scriptures that were examined in its first decade?
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Reading Darkness: Reflecting on the African Americans and the Bible Conference After 25 Years
Scriptures Everywhere
In this conversation, first recorded in the fall of 2023, Dr. Tat-siong Benny Liew speaks with Dr. Grey Gundaker and Dr. Velma Love about the African Americans and the Bible conference after 25 years. Why did this conference matter in 1999? What are its legacies for the study of the Bible, scriptures, and African American communities?
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ISS@20: Signifying on Scriptures
Scriptures Everywhere
Recorded in 2023, our inaugural episode comes from . Jacqueline M. Hidalgo, professor of theology and religious studies at the University of San Diego, talks to fellow scholar Vincent L. Wimbush, Founding Director of the , which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2024. This episode was originally released to celebrate the annual conference in Atlanta—April 11-13, 2024 under the theme of “Marronage”—and to mark the 25th anniversary of the initial conference that inspired the founding of ISS, along with the publication of African Americans and the Bible: Sacred Texts and Social...
info_outlineIn this conversation, first recorded in the fall of 2023, Dr. Tat-siong Benny Liew speaks with Dr. Grey Gundaker and Dr. Velma Love about the African Americans and the Bible conference after 25 years. Why did this conference matter in 1999? What are its legacies for the study of the Bible, scriptures, and African American communities?