Musa Dube

Musa Wenkosi Dube
Born (1964-07-28) 28 July 1964 (age 60)
Botswana
AwardsHumboldt Prize
Academic background
Alma mater
Doctoral advisorFernando Segovia
Academic work
School or tradition
Main interests
Notable worksPostcolonial Feminist Interpretation of the Bible
Websitehttps://candler.emory.edu/faculty/profiles/dube-musa.html

Musa W. Dube (born 28 July 1964), also known as Musa Wenkosi Dube Shomanah, is a Botswanan feminist theologian and Professor of New Testament at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and she is known for her work in postcolonial biblical scholarship.

Biography

Dube studied New Testament in the University of Durham in 1990, before completed her PhD in New Testament at Vanderbilt University in 1997, where she was supervised under postcolonial biblical scholar Fernando Segovia.[1] She was Professor of New Testament at the University of Botswana.[2] Dube joined the faculty of Candler School of Theology in Fall 2021 as a Professor of New Testament. She has written over two hundred and sixty scholarly works throughout her academic career that focus on liberation theology through a feminist postcolonial lens.[3]

Dube is committed to approaching the biblical text from a feminist postcolonial lens. As a lay preacher in the Methodist church, Dube preaches a liberation theology which refuses to blame women for evil and offers new interpretations of scripture. Dube believes that Western perspectives on biblical writings are patriarchal which denies the truth of the gospel.[citation needed]

In 2011, Dube was a recipient of a Humboldt Prize,[4] In 2017 she was the winner of the international Gutenberg Teaching Award.[5] In 2018, she was awarded a Doctor of Theology honoris causa at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.[2]

Research

Dube's life experiences informed her academic interest in feminist post-colonial interpretations of scripture. In parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, Christianity is known as a distrusting religion introduced by colonizers and the cause of many injustices towards communities of color. Dube reintroduces the bible in a postcolonial lens that addresses the issue of colonization without denying the Bible.[6] She acknowledges the paradox for African men and women when it comes to dealing with religion, politics, and ethics.[citation needed]

Awards

Works

  • Dube, Musa W.; Wafula, R. S., eds. (2017). Postcoloniality, Translation, and the Bible in Africa. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 9781498295147.
  • Dube, Musa W.; Mbuvi, Andrew M.; Mbuwayesango, Dora R., eds. (2013). Postcolonial Perspectives in African Biblical Interpretations. Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 9781589837867.
  • Dube, Musa W. (2012). Postcolonial Feminist Interpretation of the Bible. Chalice Press. ISBN 9780827230576.
  • Dube, Musa W. (2008). The HIV & AIDS Bible: Selected Essays. University of Scranton Press. ISBN 9781589661141.
  • Dube, Musa W. (2001). Other ways of reading: African women and the Bible. Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 9782825413401.
  • West, Gerald O.; Dube, Musa W., eds. (2000). The Bible in Africa: Transactions, Trajectories, and Trends. Brill. ISBN 9789004106277.

References

  1. ^ "Political Theology as Discernment: Keynote Speakers". theo.kuleuven.be. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Stellenbosch University honours UB professor". University of Botswana. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. ^ Hanna, Laurel (1 May 2020). "Musa Dube to Join Faculty in New Testament". Candler School of Theology.
  4. ^ "Musa Dube". Theology and Religion in Exeter. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. ^ Dube, Musa. "Candler School of Theology". Emory University: Candler School of Theology. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. ^ Dube, Musa (200). Postcolonial Feminist Interpretation of the Bible. St. Louis, Missouri: Chalice Press. pp. 3–5.