by Monica A. Coleman | Nov 25, 2020 | Media
Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower is on the bestseller list! Nearly 30 years after it was published – and for good reason. I got to talk with Religion News Service about the theology in Parable. (RNS) — Nearly 30 years after it was published and more...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 23, 2020 | Media
Friends Dr. Adam Clark and Dr. Tripp Fuller joined together to offer an 8-week reading group on Black Theology: I Can’t Breathe: Black Theology: Disrupting and Revitalizing the World. They had a couple guest lecturers: Episcopal Bishop Michael Curry and yours...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 17, 2020 | Media
Had so much fun talking with Sabrina Reyes-Peters about process theology. Sabrina Reyes-Peters runs this wonderful podcast talking about all the things we do in graduate theological education. We had a lively conversation and you can catch it on her podcast...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 14, 2020 | Media
Had so much fun talking with Elizabeth Cronin about my book BIPOLAR FAITH. Dr. Elizabeth Cronin is a clinical psychologist based in Massachusetts who has a podcast about books on mental health and well-being. We had a lively conversation and you can catch it on her...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 22, 2020 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
July is BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month. In 2008, mental health communities began recognizing July as Bebe Moore Campbell Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Campbell was an African American novelist and a fierce advocate for mental health awareness and...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 2, 2020 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Choosing favorite books in one’s field is like asking who your favorite friends are. Good books change my perspective and – at times – transform my soul. Still, I’ve put together a short list of books I like to teach over and over again. Sisters in the Wilderness by...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 13, 2020 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
No one is coming to save us! We have to save ourselves. Tananarive Due and I are talking about strategies for surviving and thriving during this hectic times. Inspired by the work of Afrofuturist Octavia E. Butler, we talk about our seven step process for shaping...
by Monica A. Coleman | May 23, 2020 | Media
So Deepak Chopra called. Well not exactly. But I am deeply honored to be included in the Never Alone Summit: a 3 Day Mental Health Summit sponsored by a joint venture of The John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation and the NeverAlone suicide prevention initiative at...
by Monica A. Coleman | May 21, 2020 | Media
Dr. Mitzi Smith is creating lively conversations on womanist approaches to religion. I was honored to be one of the speakers on the topic: Womanist Self-Care and Mental Health as Political Acts in a Pandemic. You can catch the recording here.
by Monica A. Coleman | May 3, 2020 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
In national quarantine and sheltering-in-place or is it “safer-at-home,” all I could think about was that we were living in a scene from the late Afrofuturist writer Octavia Butler’s book Parable of the Sower. So I texted my friend, Afrofuturist...
