What would it look like if women built a lectionary focusing on women's stories?
What does it look like to tell the good news through the stories of women who are often on the margins of scripture and often set up to represent bad news? How would a lectionary centering women's stories, chosen with womanist and feminist commitments in mind, frame the presentation of the scriptures for proclamation and teaching?
The scriptures are androcentric, male-focused, as is the lectionary that is dependent upon them. As a result, many congregants know only the biblical men's stories told in the Sunday lectionary read in their churches. A more expansive, more inclusive lectionary will remedy that by introducing readers and hearers of scripture to ""women's stories"" in the scriptures.
A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church, when completed, will be a three-year lectionary accompanied by a stand-alone single year lectionary, Year W, that covers all four gospels.
By:
Wilda C. Gafney
Imprint: Church Publishing Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781640654747
ISBN 10: 1640654747
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 26 October 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgments About the Cover Images Abbreviations Biblical Resources Introduction Text Selection Using A Women’s Lectionary About the Translations The Lessons with Commentary Advent I / 1 Advent II / 4 Advent III / 7 Advent IV / 11 Christmas I / 15 Christmas II / 18 Christmas III / 21 First Sunday after Christmas / 23 Feast of the Holy Name, January 1 / 27 Second Sunday after Christmas / 30 Feast of the Epiphany / 33 Epiphany I / 37 Epiphany II / 40 Feast of the Presentation, February 2 / 45 Epiphany III / 48 Epiphany IV / 51 Epiphany V / 54 Epiphany VI / 57 Epiphany VII / 61 Epiphany VIII / 64 Last Sunday of Epiphany / 66 Lent—Ash Wednesday / 70 Lent 1 / 74 Lent II / 78 Lent III / 81 Lent IV / 85 Lent V / 89 Feast of the Annunciation, March 25 / 93 Palm Sunday—Liturgy of the Palms / 96 Palm Sunday—Liturgy of the Word / 98 Monday in Holy Week / 106 Tuesday in Holy Week / 110 Wednesday in Holy Week / 113 Maundy Thursday / 116 Good Friday / 120 Holy Saturday / 128 Easter—The Great Vigil / 133 Easter Day—Early Service / 145 Easter Day—Principal Service / 145 Easter Day—Evening Service / 151 Monday in Easter Week / 155 Tuesday in Easter Week / 157 Wednesday in Easter Week / 159 Thursday in Easter Week / 160 Friday in Easter Week / 163 Saturday in Easter Week / 165 Second Sunday of Easter / 167 Third Sunday of Easter / 172 Fourth Sunday of Easter / 175 Fifth Sunday of Easter / 178 Sixth Sunday of Easter / 181 Feast of the Ascension / 185 Seventh Sunday of Easter / 188 Pentecost Vigil (or Early Service) / 192 Pentecost Principal Service / 198 Trinity Sunday / 202 Season after Pentecost (29) / 205 Proper 1 (Closest to May 11) / 205 Proper 2 (Closest to May 18) / 208 Proper 3 (Closest to May 25) / 213 Proper 4 (Closest to June 1) / 216 Proper 5 (Closest to June 8) / 220 Proper 6 (Closest to June 15) / 223 Proper 7 (Closest to June 22) / 227 Proper 8 (Closest to June 29) / 231 Proper 9 (Closest to July 6) / 235 Proper 10 (Closest to July 13) / 238 Proper 11 (Closest to July 20) / 242 Feast of Mary Magdalene, July 22 / 246 Proper 12 (Closest to July 27) / 249 Proper 13 (Closest to August 3) / 253 Proper 14 (Closest to August 10) / 257 Feast of the Ever-Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15 / 261 Proper 15 (Closest to August 17) / 265 Proper 16 (Closest to August 24) / 269 Proper 17 (Closest to August 31) / 273 Proper 18 (Closest to September 7) / 278 Proper 19 (Closest to September 14) / 282 Proper 20 (Closest to September 21) / 286 Proper 21 (Closest to September 28) / 290 Proper 22 (Closest to October 5) / 294 Proper 23 (Closest to October 12) / 298 Proper 24 (Closest to October 19) / 302 Proper 25 (Closest to October 26) / 306 Feast of All Saints, November 1 / 310 Proper 26 (Closest to November 2) / 313 Proper 27 (Closest to November 9) / 317 Proper 28 (Closest to November 16) / 322 Majesty of Christ (Closest to November 23) / 325 Appendix: God Names and Divine Titles Bibliography Scripture Index
WILDA C. GAFNEY (WIL) is a Hebrew Biblical scholar and Episcopal priest, a former Army chaplain, and congregational pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. She is a graduate of Duke University (PhD) and Howard University (M Div). In addition to her biblical scholarship, she has written for Sojourners,Huffington Post,Feasting on the Word, and Working Preacher. She is also an editor and essayist and author of several other books and teaches at Brite Divinity School. She lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
Reviews for A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W
Gafney's paradigm-shifting scholarship will influence biblical preaching and teaching for generations to come. -National Catholic Reporter . . . some of the best of recent biblical scholarship . . . -Anglican Theological Review . . . this resource will raise biblical literacy and illuminate figures and plotlines long left in the shadows. -The Christian Century Gafney has intentionally set out to elevate the voices and presence of girls and women within the biblical text. -Christian Feminism Today Gafney's thoughtful commentaries and provocative translations will breathe new life into your preaching and stretch your congregation's theological imagination . . . -The Rev. Kate Spelman, Episcopal Preaching Foundation . . . a beautifully written and profoundly challenging volume. -The College of Preachers
