Red Lip Theology
For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
8 February 2022
Summary
A moving essay collection promoting freedom, self-love, and divine wholeness for Black women and opening new levels of understanding and ideological transformation for non-Black women and allies—from the “bona fide church girl” and educator who created the “Lemonade Syllabus.”
“Candice Marie Benbow is a once-in-a-generation theologian, the kind who, having ground dogma into dust with the fine point of a stiletto, leads us into the wide-open spaces of faith.” - Brittney Cooper, author …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593238462 |
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| ISBN-10: | 059323846X |
| Author: | Candice Marie Benbow, Melissa Harris-Perry |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Convergent |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 8 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 147mm x 22mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“This lush, funny, deeply personal memoir is a beautiful gift to church girls everywhere and an instant classic on faith and getting free.”—Deesha Philyaw, author of the PEN/Faulkner Award–winning The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
“Red Lip Theology is more than a come-to-Jesus moment for the church; it’s also a potent and fearless cry of hope and life for a new generation of believers.”—Matthew Paul Turner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Is God Like? and When God Made You
“This book is a theological masterpiece, a love song, and a tender exploration of what it means to live and grow up and fail and get better and put the broken pieces of ourselves back together.”—Danté Stewart, author of Shoutin’ in the Fire
“Candice Marie Benbow is what we need in the world—a humane writer who provides a safe space for people who toggle between independence and institution as they navigate their beliefs.”—Morgan Jerkins, New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing and Caul Baby
“Red Lip Theology will make you laugh, gasp, and call your bestie to read lines aloud.”—Monica A. Coleman, author of Making a Way Out of No Way and Bipolar Faith
“The spiritual and material lives of so many will be changed because of Benbow’s words.”—Darnell L. Moore, author of No Ashes in the Fire
“Candice Benbow is the physical embodiment of a paradigm shift. Her work represents the new era of The Divine Feminine and through her essays of grace, faith, trauma, and creativity she teaches all not only how to experience God at the deepest level but how to unconditionally love themselves through the eyes of God.”—Devi Brown, author of Crystal Bliss
About The Author
Candice Marie Benbow
Candice Marie Benbow is a theologian, essayist, columnist, baker, and educator whose work gives voice to Black women’s shared experiences of faith, healing, and wholeness. Named by Sojourners as one of “10 Christian Women Shaping the Church in 2020,” she has written for Essence, Glamour, The Root, VICE, Shondaland, Madame Noire, and the Me Too Movement. Candice created the “Lemonade Syllabus” social media campaign, founded the media boutique Zion Hill Media Group, and, in memory of her mother, established The LouiseMarie Foundation to support HBCU nursing students and community mental health projects. A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Candice holds degrees from Tennessee State University, North Carolina Central University, and Duke Divinity School.
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