God & Liberation Reading Group
Mon, Apr 21
|Firestorm
Discussion of writings about Christianity, God and faith written by and for people who have been historically marginalized.
Time & Location
Apr 21, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Firestorm, 1022 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806, USA
Guests
About the event
We will be continuing our discussion of Buried Seeds by Alexia Salvatierra & Brendon Wrencher, chapters 3-5 for April.
Christian theology and Christian scripture have been used both to oppress and to liberate throughout history. Liberation theology proclaims that the God of the Christian Bible has a preferential option for the poor and marginalized. In 2024, we read some foundational works in different areas of Liberation theology, including works by James Cone, Delores Williams, Gustavo Gutierrez, and Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz.
While the North American church grapples with an eroding position of privilege in society, there is a liberating vision of church from the margins. This manifesto defines eight marks of liberating churches that were identified through research of antebellum hush harbors. Hush harbors were the covert gatherings of enslaved Africans to worship and organize for change free from the surveillance of plantation Christianity. Liberating Church explores how the…
