TERESA OKURE

Teresa Okure, SHCJ, is Professor of New Testament and Gender Hermeneutics at the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Nigeria, and Head of the Department of Biblical Studies and former Dean of the Faculty of Theology. Her publications and lectures have drawn international acclaim. She was co-guest editor of a special issue of the International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church on ecclesiology in Africa and is an editor of Texts@Contexts a book series featuring cutting-edge scholarship on select books of the Bible from authors from a rich array of social, cultural, and ethnic locations, published by Augsburg Fortress. She received her Ph.D. from Fordham University, New York.

Videos:

• Interview with Teresa Okure
• Teresa Okure Biography

Recommended Reading:

• Mark: Texts@Contexts

Other 2011 Keynote Speakers:

• Walter Brueggemann
• Mary Gordon
• Gerald O. West
• Steed V. Davidson, Preacher