web01.fireside.fm Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:11:05 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Revelation Project - Episodes Tagged with “White Male God” https://revelationproject.fireside.fm/tags/white%20male%20god Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500 The Revelation Project is an individual and holistic movement that disrupts the trance of unworthiness and lifts the veils of personal illusion and cultural deception that keep us from remembering our divinity and inherent wholeness. The Revelation Project Podcast explores alternative narratives to traditional patriarchal influences that awaken, liberate and activate awareness. Join us to investigate vulnerable and courageous topics that reveal more magic, wonder, and beauty than we ever thought possible. Life is a revelation, and what gets revealed gets healed. en episodic Life is a Revelation Monica Rodgers | Revelation Media LLC The Revelation Project is an individual and holistic movement that disrupts the trance of unworthiness and lifts the veils of personal illusion and cultural deception that keep us from remembering our divinity and inherent wholeness. The Revelation Project Podcast explores alternative narratives to traditional patriarchal influences that awaken, liberate and activate awareness. Join us to investigate vulnerable and courageous topics that reveal more magic, wonder, and beauty than we ever thought possible. Life is a revelation, and what gets revealed gets healed. no Goddess, Sacred Feminine, Awakening, Healing, embodiment, Sacred Masculine, Feminine Leadership, Erotic Power, Archetypes, Gnosis, Mother Wound, Patriarchy, Awakening, Divine Feminine Monica Rodgers | Revelation Media LLC rodgers107@me.com Episode 152: Dr. Christena Cleveland - God is a Black Woman https://revelationproject.fireside.fm/152 5b93b0bd-ee23-4806-8360-54daaa184cda Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500 Monica Rodgers | Revelation Media LLC full Monica Rodgers | Revelation Media LLC In this episode, Monica speaks to Dr. Christena Cleveland about her book God Is A Black Woman. 1:10:22 no An act of desperation often leads us to revelation, which was also the case for Dr. Christena Cleveland as she set out for a solo 400-mile track across rural France in search of The Black Madonna. This conversation was so rich and powerful. I absolutely loved unpacking Dr. Cleveland's story and her future vision for what is possible in the world where women permit themselves to find their divinity within their own female bodies. 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 and 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. What made Christina walk 400 miles across rural and deep France in search of Black Madonna Statues? The world events that became the catalyst for Christena's activism The kinship and devotion Christena encountered in her search for the Black Madonna through the various townspeople and the activation of "the village phone tree." How the Black Madonna has become a center of french village culture and what she offers for those who have reached a state of desperation. How the Black Madonna has helped Christena to unburden herself and why she is symbolic of helping others to lay their burdens down. How Christena's emotions took a role in leading her to pursue the Black Madonna. How Christena unraveled her trauma of white male God and how it impacted her relationship with her family and community We are taught that if there is a problem- it's us vs. the system that conditioned us. How much spiritual and social homelessness we have to go through as we "unbecome" from our cultural and religious conditioning. The process of letting go of patriarchal influences of certainty and perfection and how "she who cherishes the hot mess" became one of her chapter titles. The trap of patriarchal security and how it dampens our creativity and our sense of adventure What happened when Christena began to reclaim her spiritual autonomy and her theological imagination connection,consciousness,courage,education,feminine,healing,health,inspiration,love,revelation,selfhelp,selflove,spirituality,vulnerability,women An act of desperation often leads us to revelation, which was also the case for Dr. Christena Cleveland as she set out for a solo 400-mile track across rural France in search of The Black Madonna.

This conversation was so rich and powerful. I absolutely loved unpacking Dr. Cleveland's story and her future vision for what is possible in the world where women permit themselves to find their divinity within their own female bodies.

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 and 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.

  • What made Christina walk 400 miles across rural and deep France in search of Black Madonna Statues?
  • The world events that became the catalyst for Christena's activism
  • The kinship and devotion Christena encountered in her search for the Black Madonna through the various townspeople and the activation of "the village phone tree."
  • How the Black Madonna has become a center of french village culture and what she offers for those who have reached a state of desperation.
  • How the Black Madonna has helped Christena to unburden herself and why she is symbolic of helping others to lay their burdens down.
  • How Christena's emotions took a role in leading her to pursue the Black Madonna.
  • How Christena unraveled her trauma of white male God and how it impacted her relationship with her family and community
  • We are taught that if there is a problem- it's us vs. the system that conditioned us.
  • How much spiritual and social homelessness we have to go through as we "unbecome" from our cultural and religious conditioning.
  • The process of letting go of patriarchal influences of certainty and perfection and how "she who cherishes the hot mess" became one of her chapter titles.
  • The trap of patriarchal security and how it dampens our creativity and our sense of adventure
  • What happened when Christena began to reclaim her spiritual autonomy and her theological imagination

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This conversation was so rich and powerful. I absolutely loved unpacking Dr. Cleveland's story and her future vision for what is possible in the world where women permit themselves to find their divinity within their own female bodies.

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 and 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.

  • What made Christina walk 400 miles across rural and deep France in search of Black Madonna Statues?
  • The world events that became the catalyst for Christena's activism
  • The kinship and devotion Christena encountered in her search for the Black Madonna through the various townspeople and the activation of "the village phone tree."
  • How the Black Madonna has become a center of french village culture and what she offers for those who have reached a state of desperation.
  • How the Black Madonna has helped Christena to unburden herself and why she is symbolic of helping others to lay their burdens down.
  • How Christena's emotions took a role in leading her to pursue the Black Madonna.
  • How Christena unraveled her trauma of white male God and how it impacted her relationship with her family and community
  • We are taught that if there is a problem- it's us vs. the system that conditioned us.
  • How much spiritual and social homelessness we have to go through as we "unbecome" from our cultural and religious conditioning.
  • The process of letting go of patriarchal influences of certainty and perfection and how "she who cherishes the hot mess" became one of her chapter titles.
  • The trap of patriarchal security and how it dampens our creativity and our sense of adventure
  • What happened when Christena began to reclaim her spiritual autonomy and her theological imagination

Sponsored By:

Links:

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