The Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D.
The Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. She is the author of Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to Women of the Torah and of the Throne, a commentary on Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah; Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel; and co-editor of The Peoples’ Bible and The Peoples’ Companion to the Bible. She is an Episcopal priest canonically resident in the Diocese of Pennsylvania and licensed in the Diocese of Fort Worth, and a former Army chaplain and congregational pastor in the AME Zion Church. A former member of the Dorshei Derekh Reconstructionist Minyan of the Germantown Jewish Center in Philadelphia, she has co-taught courses with and for the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Seminary in Wyncote, PA. Read Dr. Gafney’s Bio
Wil’s Latest Post
Jesus and Hagar: the Form of a Slave
Let us pray: All-Seeing God, All-Knowing God, All-Loving God, we await your coming, your presence and, your return. Amen. Hagar named the Living God who spoke to her: “You are El-ro’i”; for she said, “Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing God?” (Genesis 16:13) [The sermon can be viewed here at the more »
Wil’s Latest Books
Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne! Details/Order
Dr. Gafney’s commentary on Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah. Details/Order
Multimedia
Church of the Scarlet Thread : 7.26.2020
Featuring Rev. Wil Gafney and Anasuya Isaacs
Sermon begins at 34:33
Building on Sheerah’s Legacy
My “Smith Talk” at The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries Co-Creating with God Virtual Leadership Conference, 7.14.2020
Biblical Language for a God Who Transcends Gender
TheoEd Talks, 2.20.2020
Translation Matters
All Saints Church, Pasadena, 12.2.2019
Holy Blackness: the Matrix of Creation
All Saints Church, Pasadena, 12/1/2019