About this series:

bell hooks teaches that we must speak up about what has happened to us in order to recover and realize ourselves. We must speak up about the pain, how we have been humiliated and degraded. And we must also speak up and testify about the good and how we have gotten over. Join the Kinky Curly Theological Collective for our Tuesday night series, Talking Back. This series will feature four Black women who will be sharing from the depth of our experience on spirituality, sexuality, and the societal expectations of Black and African women, in order to present accurate narratives about who we are. You can find out more about the series by visiting www.kinkycurlytheologicalcollective.com.

The Gospel According to a Black Woman

with Ebony Adedayo

Tuesday, August 18

Ebony Adedayo is the founder and creator of the Kinky Curly Theological Collective, a space that centers African and African American women. In this work, she has gathered women of African ascent to build out a theological pedagogy, grounded in healing and liberation, and based in their own experiences and expertise. This collective includes women of various faith and cultural backgrounds, each who embodies a commitment to using the lens of spirituality to uproot systems of oppression.  In addition, she is a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota in Curriculum and Instruction, with minors in Culture and Teaching and African American and African Studies.

Ebony is the author of Dancing on Hot Coals, Embracing a Holistic Faith: Essays on Biblical Justice, and the Gospel According to a Black Woman (Fall 2020).  You can find more of her work at www.ebonyjohanna.com, including her recent blog series on the 2019 Year of Return.