Christena Cleveland, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is the founder and director of the Center for Justice + Renewal as well as its sister organization, Sacred Folk, which creates resources to stimulate people’s spiritual imaginations and support their journeys toward liberation. An award-winning researcher and former professor at Duke University’s Divinity School, Christena lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Episode 98 (The Deconstructing Family and Dust Lions) with the fam
Episode 97 (Why God Hates Singing) - NOT episode 98
Episode 96 (The Gospel of Mysticism) with Kevin Sweeney
Episode 95 (I Don’t Know What I Believe, But It Ain’t That) with Rolando Lamb Jr.
Episode 94 (Performative, But Helpful) with Danielle Prescod
Episode 93 (Nice to Meet You) with recording artist Nicole Serrano
Episode 92 (I Thought I Was Brining God to Them) with Carlos Rodriguez of Happy Givers
Episode 91 (The Elephant In The Room) with Dr. Janice Gassam Assare
Episode 90 (What Do You Mean By Contending)
Episode 89 (The Sacred, Messy, Powerful, and Problematic) with Dante Stewart
Episode 88 (Hood Wisdom) with Propaganda
Episode 87 (Trapped in History) with Historian Lettie Gore
Episode 86 (Put Down the Martini) with Jo Luehmann
Episode 85 (And the Oscar Goes to...)
Episode 84 (Where I am Now - A Deconstructing Photo Dump)
Episode 83 (How Tough Conversations Are Part of Self Care) with Dr. Nancy Dome
Episode 82 (Still N*ggers)
Episode 81 (Jesus, Yemaya, and My Mama) with Theologian Candice Benbow
Episode 79 (Raising Imagination About Women‘s Reproductive Rights) with Amanda Hambrick Ashcroft
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