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Red Lip Theology
- For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough
- Narrated by: Candice Marie Benbow, Karen Chilton
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
A moving essay collection promoting freedom, self-love, and divine wholeness for Black women and opening new levels of understanding and ideological transformation for non-Black women and allies
“Candice Marie Benbow is a once-in-a-generation theologian, the kind who, having ground dogma into dust with the fine point of a stiletto, leads us into the wide-open spaces of faith.” (Brittney Cooper, author of Eloquent Rage and co-editor of The Crunk Feminist Collection)
Blurring the boundaries of righteous and irreverent, Red Lip Theology invites us to discover freedom in a progressive Christian faith that incorporates activism, feminism, and radical authenticity. Essayist and theologian Candice Marie Benbow’s essays explore universal themes like heartache, loss, forgiveness, and sexuality, and she unflinchingly empowers women who struggle with feeling loved and nurtured by church culture.
Benbow writes powerfully about experiences at the heart of her Black womanhood. In honoring her single mother’s love and triumphs — and mourning her unexpected passing — she finds herself forced to shed restrictions she’d been taught to place on her faith practice. And by embracing alternative spirituality and womanist theology, and confronting staid attitudes on body positivity and LGBTQ+ rights, Benbow challenges religious institutions, faith leaders, and communities to reimagine how faith can be a tool of liberation and transformation for women and girls.
Critic reviews
"This lush, funny, deeply personal memoir is a beautiful gift to church girls everywhere and an instant classic on faith and getting free.”—Deesha Philyaw, author of the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
“Red Lip Theology is more than a come-to-Jesus moment for the church; it’s also a potent and fearless cry of hope and life for a new generation of believers.”—Matthew Paul Turner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Is God Like? and When God Made You
“This book is a theological masterpiece, a love song, and a tender exploration of what it means to live and grow up and fail and get better and put the broken pieces of ourselves back together.”—Danté Stewart, author of Shoutin’ in the Fire
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- Jade-Marie
- 20-01-22
Permission slip for self-exploration & acceptance
A must read for black women with large parts of their identity rooted in christianity. This book felt refreshingly honest but also uncomfortable at times, It freed me to let go of self judgement, trust my decisions and accept all parts of the human experience. Whether you agree or disagree with her views, you're left with a huge admiration for Candice's audacious courage to share her truth & an invitation to do the same - with no apologies,
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- EL
- 20-03-24
So Good! in fact, Quite Amazing!
Very relatable; honest, theoretical view of part of Candice's life's journey. Made me laugh, and be sad, then hopeful. Quite Amazing!
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