Mary F. Foskett

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Mary F. Foskett (born 1961) is a Chinese-American New Testament scholar.

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An ethnic Chinese born in Japan, Foskett was adopted into a white American family. [1] [2] Foskett received her BA from New York University, M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary, New York, and Ph.D. in New Testament and Christian Origins from Emory University. She is presently the Wake Forest Kahle Professor of Religious Studies and Albritton Fellow at Wake Forest University, and has written primarily in contemporary New Testament studies, with a focus on gender and Asian American culture. [3]

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References

  1. Sparks, Sarah (13 April 2011). "Interview with Dr. Mary Foskett". Wake Forest University. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. Liew, Tat-Siong Benny (2008). What Is Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics?: Reading the New Testament. University of Hawaii Press. p. 58. ISBN   978-0-8248-3162-2.
  3. "Dr. Mary Foskett". Department for the Study of Religions, Wake Forest University. Retrieved 3 March 2020.