Candace Laughinghouse
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Theological Effects of Christians Displaced in Franchise Evangelical Christian Spaces
In The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race, Dr. Willie James Jennings writes an autobiographical introduction to his theological masterpiece on race. We read about an awkward childhood experience where two white men assume his mother,… Continue reading
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How To Handle Divine & Political Barriers: A Womanist Perspective
I remember sitting in Cannon Chapel (Emory University) and listening to Dr. Tamura Lomax[1] preach a sermon from the perspective of The Canaanite Woman found in the Gospel of Matthew 15: 21-28. We were both matriculating through seminary as MDiv… Continue reading
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Is there room for anger when God does things ‘on purpose’?
In the black church, “Church Mothers” (elderly women in the congregation) are recognized as pillars of the faith. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes writes that black women within the church are the underrated “enterprising agents” of the black church tradition. I grew… Continue reading
