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Christena Cleveland: Why God is a Black Woman

A People's Theology

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Black Woman God - Is That a Black Woman?

I think of white male God is kind of a narcissist like the narcissistic bully who tries to show up big and puffy and don't mess with me, but really is quite insecure and unstable. And by calling black women, holy and sacred, she really calls all of us, holy and Sacred because if she can call the most, the most vilifiedholy and sacred, then we all are. So it's kind of just like flipping up the way that we've understood white male God. I'm curious how you sort of think through like the armies that typically get attributed to God and how that might relate to black woman God.

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