
A Catholic theologian reframes Christian anthropology through Black women’s embodied experience of race, oppression, and freedom.
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A Catholic theologian reframes Christian anthropology through Black women’s embodied experience of race, oppression, and freedom.
"In this incisive and important work, distinguished theologian M. Shawn Copeland demonstrates with rare insight and conviction how black women's historical experience and oppression cast a completely different light on our theological ideas about being human. Copeland argues that race and embodiment and relations of power not only reframe theological anthropology but also our notions of discipleship, church, and Christ. In fact, she shows that our postmodern situation -- marked decidedly by the ...
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Recurring discussion of sexual violence and exploitation of enslaved Black women
Historical violence and bodily harm under slavery and racism discussed
No profanity present
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Catholic theological focus on Christ, Eucharist, church, and discipleship
No magic or witchcraft present
No occult or demonology content present
Central themes of race, racism, colonialism, and relations of power
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Sustained focus on slavery, sexual violence, and Black women’s bodily trauma
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