{"id":32351,"date":"2026-01-13T10:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=32351"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:26:25","slug":"yolanda-pierce-black-faith-weaving-memory-into-justice-and-healing","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/podcast\/yolanda-pierce-black-faith-weaving-memory-into-justice-and-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Yolanda Pierce: La fe negra entretejiendo la memoria con la justicia y la sanaci\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with Dr. Yolanda Pierce about what we do with our wounds &#8211; our own, others&#8217;, and a nation&#8217;s? In her book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9781506485331\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Wounds Are the Witness<\/em><\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em>Pierce weaves together her own memories, vignettes from Black life, and scenes from scripture, especially the passion of Christ to create an indelible meditation on Black faith, suffering, hope, and the healing possibilities of justice.<\/p>\n<p>Yolanda Pierce is a professor and Dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School. She is a scholar of African American religious history, womanist theology, and religion and literature, as well as a public theologian, columnist, and activist. She is the author of the books\u00a0<em>Hell Without Fires<\/em>,\u00a0<em>In My Grandmother&#8217;s House<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The Wounds Are the Witness.<\/em>You can connect with Yolanda on her website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yolandapierce.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">yolandapierce.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with Gravity Commons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravityleadership.com\/message\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Leave us a message or ask a question<\/a>\u00a0about this or any other episode and we&#8217;ll answer it on a future episode.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/community\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00danete a la comunidad Gravity<\/a>\u00a0to interact with other listeners, and get our list of curated links each week to all things edifying and interesting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with Dr. Yolanda Pierce about what we do with our wounds &#8211; our own, others&#8217;, and a nation&#8217;s? 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