In My Grandmother's House by Yolanda Pierce

Certainly we have all been mentored by those who are older and wiser in the faith, and we have all experienced sacramental moments with those people. That being said, there were parts of this book that brought tears to my eyes. She calls her book a work of grandmother theology, which she describes as “rooted in generational wisdom, in the way that time and age and maturity provide an alternative lens through which to know and understand God.” I’m not entirely sure what that means, but I think most conservative Lutherans (and many others) would say that the Bible is the only lens we should use. This left the author with a sense of Christ that was both personal and real. Her grandmother called on Him to help her with every need in her life. Pierce lives in Washington, D.C.In Yolanda’s childhood home, Jesus was a black man, and He was as close as a kind neighbor who visited often. Her writings have appeared in Time, Sojourners, and The Christian Century, and she is the author of the book Hell Without Fires. Pierce served as the founding director of the Center for the Study of African American Religious Life at the National Museum of African American History & Culture. She is a scholar of African American religious history, womanist theology, race, and religion, as well as a public theologian, activist, and commentator.

Yolanda Pierce is a professor and dean of Howard University School of Divinity. Hell Without Fires: Slavery, Christianity, and the Antebellum Spiritual Narrative (History of African American Religions) ’ In My Grandmother’s House Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit : Disclaimer: sexual abuse and trauma are mentioned in this episode.

Through them, she learned about, “The Divine who has been showing up at the kitchen tables of Black women for a long time.” Listen and learn how a grandmother’s theology carries wisdom strong enough for future generations. Pierce lifts the role of church mothers in the Black church tradition, centering their experiences as they both taught and protected her so that as a Black woman she would survive in this world. Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University School of Divinity, and author of In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit. On this episode of Mutuality Matters, host Angela sits down with Dr.

In My Grandmother's House by Yolanda Pierce