The #BlackLivesMatter Movement: Toward an Intersectional Theology

This work focuses on the implicit theological aspects of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. It examines in conversation with theologians the movements early published tenets in order to determine their implicit God claims. The study conducted by a Pentecostal bishop puts Black Liberation Womanist and Queer Liberation theologies in conversation with the praxis of the movement. An ecumenical group of Black pastors from across the United States met in an effort to determine the viability of the God claims of the movement in the life of the Black Church. As the research progressed a new theological expression emerged as the real praxis of the movement; i.e. intersectional theology. This study project concludes with an exposition of the main points of this intersectional theology.