Embodiment and the New Shape of Black Theological Thought by
A critique of the lack of attention to the material realities and discursive constructions of black bodies in black and womanist theologies—they are “theology[ies] of ‘no-body.’” Drawing upon a range of theoretical and analytical tools from sociology of the body to philosophy and art history, Pinn positions the body as the site for a more humanistic mode of black theological discourse.
Loving the Body: Black Religious Studies and the Erotic by
An anthology bringing together a range of scholars in African American religious and theological studies to address the lack of discourse around black sexuality. Essays include attention to uses of the erotic in black women’s literature, negotiations of homosexuality in black churches, the notion of “negative erotics,” and a range of other issues at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion.
Our Lives Matter: A Womanist Queer Theology (Online) by
Using a womanist methodological approach, Pamela R. Lightsey helps readers explore the impact of oppression against Black LBTQ women while introducing them to the emergent intellectual movement known as queer theology.
Representations of Homosexuality: Black Liberation Theology and Cultural Criticism by
An analysis of the ways in which homosexuality is (mis)represented in the writings of black and womanist theologians as well as cultural critics who engage African American religion. Also engages black gay men’s literature for a comparative analysis of the self-representation of homosexuality. Challenges black theology to expand its understanding of the intersections of race, religion, and sexuality.
Sexuality and the Black Church (Online) by
Argues that many attitudes on Black sexuality have interfered with constructive responses to the AIDS crisis and teenage pregnancies, fostered intolerance of sexual diversity, frustrated healthy male/female relationships, and rendered Black and womanist theologians silent on sexual issues.
Black Bodies and the Black Church: A Blue Slant by
Develops a blues crossroad theology, which allows the black church to remain true to itself and relevant in black lives.
Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being by
Demonstrates how Black women's experience and oppression cast a completely different light on our theological theorems and pious platitudes and reveal them as a kind of mental colonization that still operates powerfully in our economic and political configurations today.
Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God (Online) by
Asks social and theological questions raised by the murder of Trayvon Martin and similar stories, and to answer black church people's questions of justice and faith in response to the call of God. But Kelly Brown Douglas also brings another significant interpretative lens to this text: that of a mother.
Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation: Black Bodies, the Black Church, and the Council of Chalcedon (Online) by
The Black Church is an institution that emerged in rebellion against injustice perpetrated upon black bodies. How is it, then, that black women's oppression persists in black churches? This book engages the Chalcedonian Definition as the starting point for exploring the body as a moral dilemma.
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