Nancy Koester

Sep 20, 2023 | christiancentury.org | Nancy Koester |Mac Loftin |Alejandra Oliva |Ross Allen

One of the few Black women I remember reading about in history class in the 1970s was Sojourner Truth. We learned that she was a former slave who delivered a famous speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?” The word theologian was not associated with Truth in my childhood textbooks, but biographer Nancy Koester adds that word to the list—alongside reformer, licensed preacher, and author.

Aug 30, 2023 | parkbugle.org | Nancy Koester

By Nancy KoesterEditor’s note: Nancy Koester was a pastor at St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church, and taught at Luther Seminary on an adjunct basis. She is the author of “We Will Be Free: The Life and Faith of Sojourner Truth” (Eerdmans 2023). Her book, “Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Spiritual Life,” won a Minnesota Book Award in 2015. Nancy writes: “I wrote to Gov. Ron DeSantis, asking him to ban my book on Sojourner Truth, in protest against his censorship of Black history.