Yolanda Pierce: Black Faith Weaving Memory into Justice and Healing
We talked with Dr. Yolanda Pierce about what we do with our wounds – our own, others’, and a nation’s? In her book The Wounds Are the Witness, 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.
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 Hell Without Fires, In My Grandmother’s House, and The Wounds Are the Witness.You can connect with Yolanda on her website: yolandapierce.com.
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