![]() ![]() That is a space I occupy as a womanist theologian: a deep and abiding belief in my Christian faith along with plenty of doubts and fears about that same faith. It is Paul Tillich who reminds us that a theologian is one who has made “an existential decision” to stand on the boundary between commitment and alienation and faith and doubt. I care about the theologies of those who have their “backs against the wall” as Howard Thurman calls it the outcast, the marginalized, and the silenced. I want to tell the stories of those on the underside of history, why and how they journey through their faiths. My writing is how I work through what it means to be a theologian who is committed to conversations with those outside of academic circles. ![]() ![]() ![]() Theologians write about weighty matters: the nature of God forgiveness and salvation the beginning of time and the end of the age.īecause the subject matter is so heavy, much of theological writing is dense and impenetrable. Like reading, meditating, or praying, writing is how I dare to engage in divine practice to better understand both myself and all that is sacred and holy around me. As a womanist theologian, writing is a form of spiritual discipline for me. ![]()
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