Traci C. West is a scholar and activist. She is the James W. Pearsall Professor of Christian Ethics and African American Studies at Drew University Theological School and Professor Extraorinarius in the Institute for Gender Studies in the College of Human Sciences at the University of South Africa.[1] She is the author of numerous articles on gender, racial, and sexuality justice.[2][3] Her notable books include Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality: Africana Lessons on Religion, Racism, and Ending Gender Violence (New York University Press, 2019),[4][5] Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women's Lives Matter (Westminster John Knox Press, 2006),[6] Our Family Values: Same-sex Marriage and Religion, editor (Praeger Publishers, 2006),[7] and Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics (New York University Press, 1999).[8][9] She is an ordained elder in the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC).[10][11] Her scholarship and activism centers the voices of Queer, Transgender, and People of Color in the struggle for LGBTQIA equality in churches.[12][13] She testified before the New Jersey state legislature in support of marriage equality and protested on behalf of LGBTQIA equality at the General Conference of the United Methodist Church. West is outspoken against intimate partner violence against black women and coined the term "victim-survivor" in Wounds of the Spirit.[14][15] She was featured in "No!" a documentary film on sexual violence against black women.[16][17]

West has received numerous awards, most recently the UMC New York Annual Conference Methodist Federation for Social Action Gwen and C. Dale White Social Justice Award;[18] Auburn Seminary’s inaugural Walter Wink Scholar-Activist award,[19] and CONNECT: Safe Families Peaceful Communities Peace and Justice award.

References

  1. ↑ "Drew University". Drew University. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  2. ↑ "Traci C. West". JSTOR. 20 January 2023. JSTOR 23560092. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  3. ↑ West, Traci (2008). "Gendered Legacies of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Leadership". Theology Today. 65 (1): 41–56. doi:10.1177/004057360806500105. S2CID 145330200 – via Sage Journals.
  4. ↑ West, Traci (2019). Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality: Africana Lessons on Religion, Racism, and Ending Gender Violence. New York University Press. ISBN 978-1479833993. OCLC 1050456013.
  5. ↑ "BAR Book Forum: Traci West's"Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality and GerShun Avilez's "Radical Aesthetics and Modern Black Nationalism"". Black Agenda Report. 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  6. ↑ West, Traci (2006). Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women's Lives Matter. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664229597. OCLC 61881173.
  7. ↑ West, Traci C. (2007). Defending Same-sex Marriage. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 978-0-275-98772-5.
  8. ↑ West, Traci (1999). Wounds of the Spirit : Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0814793350. OCLC 779828330.
  9. ↑ Dumont, Michele (2003). "Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics (review)". Hypatia. 18 (3): 229–232. doi:10.1353/hyp.2003.0057. ISSN 1527-2001. S2CID 143912431.
  10. ↑ Bratnober, Carolyn (2021). "Traci C. West: Disruptive Activism, Ministry, and Scholarship". Challenging Bias against Women Academics in Religion. Chicago: Atla Open Press. pp. 105–124. ISBN 978-1949800272.
  11. ↑ "Traci C. West". www.nyac.com. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  12. ↑ Bratnober, Carolyn (2021). "Traci C. West: Disruptive Activism, Ministry, and Scholarship". Challenging Bias against Women Academics in Religion. Chicago: Atla Open Press. pp. 105–124. ISBN 978-1949800272.
  13. ↑ West, Traci (2019). "Black Bisexual Queering of Anti-Violence Christian Ethics". Modern Believing. 60 (1): 15–28. doi:10.3828/mb.2019.3. S2CID 149582739 – via Liverpool University Press.
  14. ↑ West, Traci (1999). Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics. New York: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS. p. 5. ISBN 978-0814793350.
  15. ↑ "Christianity and the Social and Spiritual Harm of Sexual Violence--Disrupting the Script Conference, Brandeis University". www.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  16. ↑ "The Role of Religion in Violence Against Women". No! The Rape Documentary.
  17. ↑ Bratnober, Carolyn (2021). "Traci C. West: Disruptive Activism, Ministry, and Scholarship". Challenging Bias against Women Academics in Religion. Chicago: ATLA Opren Press. pp. 105–124. ISBN 978-1949800272.
  18. ↑ "Does God love everyone? Do I have to?". The United Methodist Church. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  19. ↑ "Scholar Activism | Walter Wink & CrossCurrents". Auburn Seminary. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
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