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...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 12, 2019 | Media
SEXISM, ABLEISM, RACISM in the ACADEMY ”How do faculty assign copious amounts of reading for seminars and exams and fail to include women and scholars of color, time after time? In a program surrounded by a disproportionate number of men, taught by men, reading only...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 8, 2019 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I didn’t know I had a lisp. Not until I was 15 and a boy I liked teased me about it. Once he pointed it out, I stopped talking as much. I immediately asked my parents about it. They said they knew it was there, but didn’t think it was a big deal. They thought I would...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 6, 2019 | Media
“I am proud of Coleman. I have no right to say it that way, but that’s the feeling that her book evokes. I am proud that she chose life over and over again. It is no small thing to face the depths of one’s own pain and trauma and try, without a clear sense of...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 5, 2019 | Media
Syndicate has commissioned this amazing series of reviews of my book BIPOLAR FAITH! I’m blown away by the attention my colleagues have given to my work. Roberto Sirvent introduces the series here: My mother has dealt with chronic migraines for almost thirty...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 2, 2019 | Blog, Monica's Blog, Spiritual Practice, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Spiritual Practices don’t have to be as “holy” as we sometimes think. Here I talk about a great spiritual practice for busy people. Grab a cup of tea. To learn more about the ideas that support my spiritual practices, click here ...
