Portland author Martha Shelley discusses "The Throne in the Heart of the Sea"

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Air date: 
Thu, 08/04/2011 - 11:00am to 11:30am
Portland author Martha Shelley on her novel about Jezebel

Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Portlander Martha Shelley, feminist, gay activist and author, about her The Throne in the Heart of the Sea and about her decades-long interest in Jezebel, a Phoenician princess who became the Queen of Israel.

Martha Shelley is a prolific writer on the intersection of women’s issues, politics and religion. She has spent the last few years researching the historical and religious role of women in the Bible to better understand today’s controversies created by the efforts for a more inclusive and powerful role for women in society and religious life.

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