Dr Charlotte Naylor Davis

Bio:

Dr Naylor Davis completed her PhD on translation studies, text-linguistic analysis and 1 Corinthians in 2015.

Her teaching expertise is in New Testament and Greek exegesis, metaphor theory, text-linguistic approaches to texts (particularly ancient/religious texts), translation methodology, the interpretation & reception of the Bible throughout history, and women and gender in both Hebrew bible and New Testament.

Her current research specialises in the history of interpretation of the Bible, particularly the reception of texts through arts and literature – most recently contributing to a volume on the science fiction works of Octavia Butler.  She is a scholar of Metal Music Studies engaging in research and collaborative projects on gender and on the Bible in metal lyrics, fandom and material culture. She works both inside and outside the academy to provide tools of good biblical literacy to theological students and community groups alike.

She is an independent scholar. You can find out more about her work at https://hcommons.org/members/charlottend/ and www.patreon.com/MetalBiblicalScholar

Publications:

2021     ‘Octavia Butler’s Invention of Scripture in Light of Hebrew Wisdom Literature’, in Nanda, A. ed., God Is Change: Religious Practices and Ideologies in the Works of Octavia Butler (Philadelphia: Temple University Press)

2018 DiGioia, A and Naylor Davis, C., ‘Cursed Be the Fruit of Thy Womb: Inversion, subversion and the inscribing of morality on women’s bodies in heavy metal lyrics’ in Samantha Holland and Karl Spracklen Eds. ‘Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces: Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization’ (Emerald Studies in Alternativity and Marginalization Vol 1) pp 27-42

2015 ‘When Marduk Read Romans: The Bible as a Hermeneutic in Modern Heavy Metal; Heavy Metal as Biblical Exegesis’ in Toni-Matti Karjalainen and Kimi Karki, Eds., ‘Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures’, (Aalto University Publications, 2015), pp 474- 482. https://iipc.utu.fi/MHM/Naylor.pdf