Associate Professor of New Testament and Womanist Thought
Education
- Ph.D., Chicago Theological Seminary
- M.A., Duke University Divinity School
- B.A., Shaw University
Dr. Parker comes to Garrett from Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology, where she has built a national reputation as a leading voice in womanist biblical scholarship and public theology. She has received multiple honors for her work and is the author of numerous book chapters and scholarly essays. She is the author of If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I? Black Lives Matter & Biblical Authority (Eerdmans, 2021), and is currently completing two additional volumes exploring Christian faith, New Testament theology, and the challenges of Christian nationalism: Faith Un-Lynched: “Jesus-Faith as Paul’s Both/And Out Of Christian Nationalism” (Eerdmans) and Bodies, Violence, and Emotions: A Womanist Reading of the Gospel of Mark (Wipf & Stock). Parker is also a co-editor of Bitter the Chastening Rod (Lexington Books/Fortress Press).