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Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.\nOne third of San Francisco public schools will be renamed in the coming months following a decision by the city\u2019s school board to remove the names of individuals who had owned slaves, actively participated in segregation, or were colonizers.\nThe decision, which includes 44 school sites, attracted national attention as it includes schools named for Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.The decision has drawn scorn from conservatives who see the decision as yet another example of liberal hysteria but also from other liberals. Last week, The New Yorker\u2019s Isaac Chotiner grilled Gabriela L\xf3pez, the head of San Francisco Board of Education who refuted some of the historical claims that had been made by the committee which had investigated the named figures. (Read the interview.)\nBut the government isn\u2019t the only actor wrestling over questions of renaming institutions. As Ravi Zacharias\u2019s misdeeds have been exposed in recent months, the ministry named after him has wrestled with whether or not it should continue to bear his name.Of course, renaming places, and people, for that matter is not new. Throughout the Old Testament, God renames places and people. But why? That\u2019s what we wanted to get into on the podcast this week.\nCarmen Joy Imes is associate professor of Old Testament and program coordinator of Bible and theology at Prairie College in Three Hills, Alberta and the of author of Bearing God\u2019s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters and its forthcoming sequel, Being God\u2019s Image: Why Creation Still Matters. She also joined Quick to Listen in 2020. (Listen to \u201cWhen Those in Power Get Sick.\u201d)\nImes joined global media manager Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to discuss Old Testament precedent for renaming people v. places, what it means for humans to have the ability to name, and whether or not churches should bear people\u2019s names.\nWhat is Quick to Listen? Read more\nRate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts\nFollow the podcast on Twitter\nFollow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen\nFollow our guest on Twitter: Carmen Joy Imes\nRead Imes\u2019 blog: Chastened Institutions \nMusic by Sweeps\nQuick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder\nThe transcript is edited by Yvonne Su and Bunmi Ishola\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices