Red Lip Theology

<b>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<br><br>&#147;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.&#148;&#151;Brittney Cooper author of <i>Eloquent Rage</i> and co-editor of <i>The Crunk Feminist Collection</i></b><br>&#160;<br>Blurring the boundaries of righteous and irreverent <i>Red Lip Theology</i> invites us to discover freedom in a progressive Christian faith that incorporates activism feminism and radical authenticity. Essayist and theologian Candice Marie Benbow&#146;s essays explore universal themes like heartache loss forgiveness and sexuality and she unflinchingly empowers women who struggle with feeling loved and nurtured by church culture.<br>&#160;<br>Benbow writes powerfully about experiences at the heart of her Black womanhood. In honoring her single mother&#146;s love and triumphs&#151;and mourning her unexpected passing&#151;she finds herself forced to shed restrictions she&#146;d been taught to place on her faith practice. And by embracing alternative spirituality and womanist theology and confronting staid attitudes on body positivity and LGBTQ+ rights Benbow challenges religious institutions faith leaders and communities to reimagine how faith can be a tool of liberation and transformation for women and girls.