#blackwomentheologians

That Social Work Lady welcomes both Jasmine Logan and Jada Williams back to the studio for Episode 34.

Both Jasmine Logan and Jada Williams are master level divinity students at Wake Forest University. In Episode 34 they offer me a crash course on womanist theology. The concepts they share about womanist theology are mind-blowing. Especially the idea that womanist theology takes many of the iconic bible stories and views them through the eyes of a Black woman...well that just makes me giddy! #BlackWomenStoriesMatter Logan already made my head spin in Episode 32 when she introduced the idea that much of the American evangelical church adheres to a narrative that is better described as the white supremacist church of America. WHEW!

Jada Williams is in her fourth year of the dual JD/MDiv program at Wake Forest University. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Young Harris College, where she was a Division II NCAA basketball player and heavily involved in other campus organizations and clubs ranging from Greek life to religious life to residence life. Jada is a certified beekeeper, began her own cheesecake business in 2020, and is a volunteer youth basketball coach in her free time.

Co-host for this episode is Jasmine “Jazz” Logan. Jazz is a third-year student at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Jazz is from Arizona but most recently lived in Los Angeles, California, before attending WFU School of Divinity. Jazz has aspirations of becoming an ordained minister (denomination pending) and has a passion for teaching the next generation that they are beloved.

Learn more about Wake Forest University here.
Want a precursor to Womanist Theology? Check out this link: Womanist Theology 101.
We also recommend that you read Alice Walker's In Search of Our Mother's Garden: Womanist Prose 

Episode 33 is a Millennial Theologian Takeover!

I am so grateful to welcome theologian Jasmine Logan back on That Social Work Lady along with her colleague Jada Williams.

Jada Williams is in her fourth year of the dual JD/MDiv program at Wake Forest University. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Young Harris College, where she was a Division II NCAA basketball player and heavily involved in other campus organizations and clubs ranging from Greek life to religious life to residence life. Jada is a certified beekeeper, began her own cheesecake business in 2020, and is a volunteer youth basketball coach in her free time.

To say that Williams is a 21st century Renaissance woman is an understatement!

During episode 33, Williams and Logan take us on a journey of how to build community in spaces that are not necessarily inviting. Williams goes so far as to express that community is not just a people but is also a place and a mindset. Further pushing the envelop of community as a stagnant location, Williams helps us gain a deeper understanding of the radical nature of community and community building. The most surprising element? How unexpected community can be a place where you heal.

Co-host for this episode is Jasmine “Jazz” Logan. Jazz is a third-year student at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Jazz is from Arizona but most recently lived in Los Angeles, California, before attending WFU School of Divinity. Jazz has aspirations of becoming an ordained minister (denomination pending) and has a passion for teaching the next generation that they are beloved.

Learn more about Wake Forest University here.
Correction: AAU is the Amateur Athletic Union. Learn more about AAU leagues and locations here.

Millennial Theologian Jasmine (Jazz) Logan is back in the studio for Episode 32.

During this conversation, Jazz candidly shares her experience as #churchgirl who grew up in the evangelical Christian church. From her perspective the #colorblind ideals of the church actually negated her experience as an African American girl growing up Christian. There were times when she felt that the church not only did not recognize the uniqueness of her experience as being a minority on the church campus but actively pointed out her differences and in same cases 'disciplined' her for them.

In Episode 32, Theologian Jasmine Logan shatters the narrative that black girls setting boundaries are #angryblackwomen. We also learn how through purposeful healing (Jesus plus therapy), Jazz was able to heal her #churchhurt and found a path to her personal relationship with God. 

Jasmine “Jazz” Logan (she/her) is a third-year student at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Jazz is from Arizona but most recently lived in Los Angeles, California, before attending WFU School of Divinity. Jazz has aspirations of becoming an ordained minister (denomination pending) and has a passion for teaching the next generation that they are beloved. Jazz will join That Social Work Lady Podcast as cohost for Episodes 33 - 34.

Books Jazz referenced during our talk:
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
The Color Purple
In Search of Our Mother's Garden: Womanist Prose
The Essential Jesus: Original Saying and Early Images
Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography

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