Proposal abstract :
The proposed project will enable two NT professors to reflect collaboratively and critically about pedagogy and challenges of creating a trans-contextual learning and explorations experience that reads the Gospel of Luke within the framework of womanist and African American biblical interpretation with attention to the Covid-19 crisis and its disproportionate impact of black people. We bring different experiences to this project, since one of us is a white male who teaches in a small Midwestern city with a majority white population, while the other teaches in Decatur, Georgia, where a large African-American population resides. Together with two consultants, we will critically explore pedagogical approaches and theological and ethical considerations, as well as challenges of race and gender, surrounding a trans-contextual, intensive womanist African American biblical interpretations online course in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. We will also consider the broader implications of our reflections for theological education