Monica A. ColemanAin’t I a Womanist Too?  Third Wave Womanist Religious Thought
Inaugural Lecture |  Feb. 25, 2010 (7 p.m. in Kresge Chapel)
Conference  |  Feb. 26, 2010 (no cost, but registration encouraged)


Monica A. Coleman, associate professor of constructive theology and African American religions, will give her inaugural lecture on the topic of “third wave” womanist thought.  Coleman joined the faculties at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University in 2008.  She is the author of Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology.

The conference will feature a host of national established and emerging scholars from diverse backgrounds and religions speaking to the varied religious experiences of women of African descent in pursuit of justice, wellness, wholeness, freedom and quality of life.

Confirmed participants include: Barbara A. Holmes, Sharon D. Welch, Victor Anderson, Debra Majeed, Arisika Razak, Roger Sneed, Dianne M. (Stewart) Diakite, Tracey E. Hucks, Darnise C. Martin, Ronald Neal and Stephen C. Finley, Elonda Clay, Monica R. Miller, Pu Xiumei, Nessette Falu and Eddie Kornegay, Jr.

Presentations include:

  • The Religious Life and Transformation of Tynetta Muhammad in the Nation of Islam
  • A Womanist Reading of Earth Mother and Songs of Earth Mother in China
  • Muslim Marriage
  • Hip Hop, Masculinity, and Religion
  • Liminality and Black Queer Existence
  • A Post-Obama Third Wave Womanist Cultural Critique
  • Notes towards a Holistic and Liberating Pedagogy

For more information, please visit the Conference Web site: www.thirdwavewomanism.com.