Anne Marie Foster, SPPU Graduate publishes with Oxford and St Andrews. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

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Posted 15th September

Anne Marie Foster, SPPU Graduate, currently in the final year of her PhD Programme, supervised by Dr Jessie Rogers, has recently published with Oxford and St Andrews.

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Foster's research focuses on Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11-12 and 1 Kings 1-2, examining how different approaches to the text shape the way her character is understood. She is particularly interested in feminist and womanist biblical interpretation, narrative criticism, questions of power and agency, and the ways in which biblical texts continue to influence contemporary understandings of women.

Anne Marie also has a chapter published in the new ESCT book Being Young – Being Catholic – Being European. The chapter is titled “ From Silence to Survival: Bathsheba, Feminist/Womanist Hermeneutics, and the Future of European Christianity.” The book launch is an online event which will be held on October 8th.


Recent publications:

“Bathsheba Reclaimed: Feminist and Womanist Hermeneutics of Power, Silence, and Sexual Violence in 2 Samuel 11-12 and 1 Kings 1-2”

Oxford Intersections Gender Justice

“Trauma, silence, and survival: Bathsheba’s story as a theological resource for mental health”

Theology in Scotland

“Silence and Survival: Re-Reading Bathsheba Through Womanist and Feminist Lenses”

https://practicaltheologyhub.com/?p=2057


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