Participant Info

First Name
Joy
Last Name
Schroeder
Affiliation
Capital University
Website URL
joyschroeder.com
Keywords
women in church history, Reformation, Martin Luther, church history, Middle Ages, sexual violence, rape, domestic violence, biblical interpretation
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About Me

Dr. Joy A. Schroeder, a Lutheran pastor, specializes in the history of biblical interpretation. She is professor of church history at Trinity Lutheran Seminary and the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. She is the author of Deborah’s Daughters: Gender Politics and Biblical Interpretation and several other books on the history of interpretation of scripture. Her most recent book, Voices Long Silenced: Women Biblical Interpreters through the Centuries, co-authored with Dr. Marion Ann Taylor of the University of Toronto, deals with 2,000 years of Jewish and Christian women who interpreted the Bible.

Recent Publications

Voices Long Silenced: Women Biblical Interpreters through the Centuries (Westminster John Knox, 2022). Co-authored with Marion Ann Taylor.

Dinah’s Lament: The Biblical Legacy of Sexual Violence in Christian Interpretation (Fortress Press, 2007).

Deborah’s Daughter: Gender Politics and Biblical Interpretation (Oxford University Press, 2014).

The Book of Genesis, Bible in Medieval Tradition Series (Eerdmans, 2015).

The Book of Jeremiah, Bible in Medieval Tradition Series (Eerdmans, 2017).

Media Coverage
Country Focus
Expertise by Geography
Western Europe
Expertise by Chronology
Ancient, Medieval, Pre-17th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, Early Modern
Expertise by Topic
Gender, Religion, Sexual Violence, Women