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...
by Monica A. Coleman | Mar 8, 2020 | Media
Honored to have made The Global Church Project’s list of 17 African American Women Theologians You Should Know About. Along with my mentors, colleagues and friends. 17 African American Women Theologians You Should Know About By Emmanuella Carter I have studied...
by Monica A. Coleman | Mar 4, 2020 | Media
As a young adult, Monica Coleman drew an imaginary line in the sand. To cope with her mental illness, she viewed checking into a mental hospital as the threshold she would never cross. But, in the midst of a mental health crisis, Coleman finally took action. It was...
by Monica A. Coleman | Feb 17, 2020 | Media
The College of Theology and Christian Ministry is pleased to announce the 7th Annual Faith and Culture Symposium on February 3-7, 2020. The goal of the Symposium is to create a space for conversation around key issues at the intersection of faith and culture. The...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 26, 2019 | Media
WHAT ABOUT MEDICATION? Every time I talk about the intersection of mental health and faith, someone in the audience asks me about medication and depression and faith and science and diagnosis and what I think about it all. In this final review of BIPOLAR FAITH the...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 19, 2019 | Media
This week Mel Webb compares my book BIPOLAR FAITH to Augustine’s Confessions and W.E.B. DuBois’ discussion of “Sorrow Songs.” Webb gets me to talk more about rape and how one rebuilds scripture and faith amid suffering. Check out Syndicate Network’s ongoing...
