“Coleman’s work is for anyone who has felt themselves shoved to the margins”
— Creative Transformation
Monica A. Coleman shares her life-long dance with trauma, depression and the threat of death. Only as she was able to face her illness was she able to live faithfully with bipolar. And in the process, she discovered a new and liberation vision of God.
Monica A. Coleman shares her life-long dance with trauma, depression and the threat of death. Only as she was able to face her illness was she able to live faithfully with bipolar. And in the process, she discovered a new and liberation vision of God.
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posted on March 23, 2017
Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn truly floored me with this review of Bipolar Faith in the Los Angeles Review of Books NOT SINCE MAYA ANGELOU’S I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings has an autobiography chronicled an African-American woman’s journey from trauma to joyousness as boldly and vividly as Monica A. Coleman’s Bipolar Faith. Coleman — a professor of theology and … More...
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posted on February 22, 2017
I’ve been wearing this t-shirt on the #BipolarFaith tour and many of you have asked how you can get one too. So now you can. I’m making these available for a limited time: until FEBRUARY 25! Soft t-shirt, 100% cotton, short sleeved and long sleeves and youth sizes! Click here!
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posted on February 10, 2017
Honored to see that my book NOT ALONE: REFLECTIONS ON FAITH AND DEPRESSION is mentioned in #SeatSyllabus from women of color under age 30. Based on the “Seat the Table” album by Solange, Seat Syllabus is curated by Candice Benbow, Elle Magazine and Melissa Harris-Perry and the Anna Julia Cooper Center at Wake Forest University . Thank you … More...
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posted on February 3, 2017
So honored to be in conversation with Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn with Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) about #BipolarFaith. We had a lively conversation on a lot of the things that didn’t make it into the book and why there’s so much music in the book. Shouts out to my writing inspirations and the AME … More...
Read MoreMonica speaks with heart and vulnerability as she discusses some of the most challenging issues of our day. She speaks out on issues that churches and society often keep silent: mental health, sexual and domestic violence and religious diversity. In the pulpit, she offers a refreshing view of how scripture leads us to community and social action. In academic lectures, she blends her knowledge of religion, cultural studies and literature with social issues to offer new visions of faith. In every setting, she shows audiences how our faith can free us to be more and more of who and how God calls us to be.
Monica speaks with heart and vulnerability as she discusses some of the most challenging issues of our day. She speaks out on issues that churches and society often keep silent: mental health, sexual and domestic violence and religious diversity. In the pulpit, she offers a refreshing view of how scripture leads us to community and social action. In academic lectures, she blends her knowledge of religion, cultural studies and literature with social issues to offer new visions of faith. In every setting, she shows audiences how our faith can free us to be more and more of who and how God calls us to be.
