Black Theology / Black Women

Reflection Womanist Seminar Black Theology I October 17, 2001 Cone & Wilmore Chapter 27 - Black Theology and the Black Woman By: Jacqueline Grant A challenge to Black theology ( pg. 334)(1FN) Black women throughout history has proven that their contributions to the Black experience in church, enterprise and community has been slowly accepted, but greatly needed. If more women step forward and join others in a positive movement towards dignity and equality for women, some of the issues of …

…challenge to Black (male) theology would be to for each Black man to grab the hand of a Black woman and excel her forward as you make you way introducing her to the world as your equal. (1FN) My central argument is this: Black Theology cannot continue to treat Black women as if they were invisible creatures who are on the outside looking into the Black experience, the Black Church, and the Black theological enterprise.