As part of Candler Black Excellence, a multi-year initiative celebrating the school’s Black faculty, alumni and students, Professor of New Testament Musa W. Dube—who joined the Candler faculty in fall 2021—shares in a new video how she became drawn to theological studies.

From her years growing up in Botswana and the influence of her family to her academic approach of decolonizing the Bible, get a glimpse into the background and teaching philosophy of one of the world’s foremost contemporary New Testament scholars.