“a courageous and brilliant theologian whose wisdom and rigor helps sustain many of us”
— Cornel West
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 April 1, 2018
Remember this day. I told myself to remember this day. This was the day when it all ended. This was the day I was raped. It ended before I had words for it. . My ability to sleep well. My ability to focus. My ability to trust. My ability to pray. My ability to believe. … More...
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posted on August 2, 2017
He called too early in the morning. Every year on my birthday. My father called to tell me happy birthday. And to tell me that he held me first. “We saw that your hair was black. And I held you first.” “I know Daddy.” This year marks ten years since my father died. He was … More...
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posted on July 18, 2017
We die daily. This is what I told a student in the summer continuing education class I teach on Process Theology as Spiritual Liberation. She asked, “What about life after death?” And my first response, without much thought came in these three words: “We die daily.” “And,” I continued, “we rise again.” It’s a core … More...
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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...
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.
