Raedorah C. Stewart
Instructor, Religious Studies
Department of Language, Literature, and Philosophy
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Education
Research and Teaching Interests World Religions,听Disability and Faith, LGBTQ+ Theology and Ethics, Womanist Theology, Theopoetics,听 Preaching and Public Rhetoric |
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The Reverend Dr. Raedorah C. Stewart is the Faculty Director of the Writing Center and Adjunct Faculty at听 Wesley Theological Seminary,听and Associate Minister at听Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ听 in Washington, DC. She owns听iWriteSolutions.com, a writing consulting firm that specializes in academic editing and dissertation completion; is a member of the听 American Academy of Religion; is broadly published in peer-reviewed journals; and hosts the podcast听 WGBD:听 When God is Black & Disabled. Stewart holds a听 Doctor of Ministry听in Spirituality and Story from Wesley Theological Seminary and a听 Master of Art听 in Christian Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, CA).
Publications (selected, not exhaustive)
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Doctor of Ministry Project Paper,听鈥淲hen God is Black and Disabled: Ontological Womanism and Disability Inclusion in the African American Church.鈥� Lorena Parrish, PhD,听reader. Wesley Theological Seminary, 2022.
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Podcast, 鈥淲GBD: When God is Black and Disabled.鈥�听 . 2020 Recipient of a Rapid Response Grant from the Henry Luce Foundation and Columbia University of New York.听
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Rhythms of Rest:听 40 Devotions for Women on the Move. 鈥淪afe-Space Sisterhood: You Are My Friend.鈥� Our Daily Bread Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI, Available September 2021.
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Evolving Faith Podcast听and Conference. Episode 17: Identity, Belonging, and Disability. 鈥淩e-Humanizing Disabled Humans.鈥� October 2020.听
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Theology Today.听鈥淟oop, Hook, Pull: Disabled by Design--Creating a Narrative Theology of Disability.鈥� Sage Journals, Princeton Theological Seminary, July 4,听2020.听
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Black Clergywomen听in the Age of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter Co-Pandemics. Live with Sujay (Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook, host). Episode 3. June 10, 2020.听
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Tikkun Magazine,听 Disability Justice Issue, 鈥淢ade by God, Broken by Life: Developing an African American Hermeneutic for Disability.鈥� November 7, 2014,听
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International Journal of Black Theology,听鈥淪ay Now, 鈥楽hibboleth鈥�: Queer(y)ing Theological and Liturgical Language in Worship.鈥� Vol. 10.3, 2013, Equinox Publishing, Sheffield, UK.
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The African American Lectionary,听 Mother鈥檚 Day Lectionary Commentary. Choreopoem: 鈥淲hen Mama Was God.鈥� theafricanamericanlectionary.org, Sunday, May 10, 2009.
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Deeper Shades of Purple: Womanism in Religion and Society听 edited by Floyd颅-Thomas, Stacey M. Choreopoems: 鈥淲hen Mama Was God鈥� and 鈥淚鈥檝e Been Mixed Like Cornbread.鈥� New York University Press, Aug 2006.
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Weary Throats and New Songs:听Black Women Proclaiming God鈥檚 Word by Teresa L. Fry Brown. Interviewee. Abingdon Press, Jun 2003.
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Precepts for Living听 颅 The UMI Annual Sunday School Lesson Commentary. Urban Ministries, Inc. 鈥淢ore Light on the Text.鈥� Chicago, 1997 to 2003
Professional presentations (selected, not exhaustive)
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鈥淏ut You Don鈥檛 Look Disabled:听Microaggressions, Mistakes, and Misspeaks in the Academy.鈥� American Academy of Religion, Religion and Disabilities Studies Group, San Diego, 2014
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鈥淢ade by God, Broken by Life: Developing an African American Hermeneutic for Redressing Disability Language, Metaphor of Brokenness and Differentials in Wholeness.鈥� American Academy of Religion, Religion and Disabilities Studies Group, San Francisco, 2011.
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Choreopoem: 鈥淚t鈥檚 Just Water Y鈥檃ll.鈥�听Ain鈥檛 I A Womanist Too鈥�: Third Wave Womanist Religious Thought Conference, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA, 2010.
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鈥淕rapes, Watermelon, and Women:听 Theopoetics and Lesbian/Womanist Erotica.鈥�听 American Academy of Religion, Lesbian颅 Feminist Issues and Religion Group and Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Group, Montreal CAN, 2009.
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鈥淪ay Now 鈥淪hibboleth鈥濃��Queer(y)ing Black Homily,听 Hymnody, and Hollah Towards a Radically Inclusive Prophetic Gospel.鈥� American Academy of Religion, Black Theology Group, Chicago, 2008.
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鈥淭hree Points and the Poem:听Theopoetics and Non颅Canonical Texts, Tones, and Tools of Black Preaching.鈥� American Academy of Religion, Bible in Racial, Ethnic, and Indigenous Communities Group, Washington, DC. 2006.
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鈥淕od颅-Talk, God颅-Thought, and Christian Iconography听in In Too Deep, Training Day, and Shaft, and the Socio颅Religious Fascination with Criminal Power in the Black Community.鈥� American Academy of Religion, Black Theology Group, San Antonio, TX. 2004.
Classes taught at TSU
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Introduction to Religious Studies听(2022 to Present)
Current academic service听
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Director of the Writing Center,听 Wesley Theological Seminary听(Washington, DC)
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, 听 Wesley Theological Seminary听(Washington, DC)
Other accomplishments/activities听
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Principal Owner, iWriteSolutions LLC 听(academic writing consulting firm) (Washington, DC)
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Associate Minister, Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ听(Washington DC)
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