Ep. 105 – A House on Fire #10: Adventism and Racism, with Janice De-Whyte

Janice De-Whyte reflects on God’s priorities by looking at the failure of the religious community in Bethel. The conversation is based on her chapter in the book, A House on Fire: How Adventist Faith Responds to Race and Racism , which was edited by Nathan Brown and Maury Jackson. Nathan Brown and Lisa Clark Diller join Janice to explore these themes together.

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Janice De-Whyte, PhD, is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at the School of Religion, Loma Linda University. She is the author of Wom(b)an: A Cultural-Narrative Reading of the Hebrew Bible Barrenness Narratives. As a biblical scholar and clergywoman, Dr. De-Whyte’s research and teaching engages Scripture and its intersection with gender, race, economics, and health.

Lisa Diller, PhD, is a history professor at Southern Adventist University and co-director of the Adventist Peace Fellowship along with Karah Thompson. And if you look through the endorsements in the book, you’ll find a literary thumbs-up from Lisa.

Nathan Brown is Book Editor at Signs Publishing Company, the Seventh-day Adventist publishing house for the South Pacific. He is a continuing student in a Master’s program in Human Rights, having previous degrees in law, literature, English, writing, and theology and justice. Nathan is the author/editor of 18 books, including Advent, Of Falafels and Following Jesus, and For the Least of These, and has written for magazines and websites around the world.

SHOW NOTES

We hope you’ll read the book as you listen to the series. A House on Fire is available at Amazon.com and the Adventist Book Center.

Series landing page – http://adventistpeace.org/house-on-fire

CONCLUSION

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