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Candice Marie Benbow is a theologian, essayist, columnist, baker, and educator whose work gives voice to Black women's shared experiences of faith, healing, and wholeness. Named by Sojourners as one of ""10 Christian Women Shaping the Church in 2020,"" she has written for Essence, Glamour, The Root, VICE, Shondaland, Madame Noire, and the Me Too Movement. Candice created the ""Lemonade Syllabus"" social media campaign, founded the media boutique Zion Hill Media Group, and, in memory of her mother, established The LouiseMarie Foundation to support HBCU nursing students and community mental health projects. A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Candice holds degrees from Tennessee State University, North Carolina Central University, and Duke Divinity School. Melissa Harris-Perry is the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair in the department of politics and international affairs and the department of women, gender, and sexuality studies at Wake Forest University.
This lush, funny, deeply personal memoir is a beautiful gift to church girls everywhere and an instant classic on faith and getting free. -Deesha Philyaw, author of the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Candice Marie Benbow is a once-in-a-generation theologian, the kind who, having ground dogma into dust with the fine point of a stiletto, leads us into the wide-open spaces of faith. -Brittney Cooper, author of Eloquent Rage and co-editor of The Crunk Feminist Collection Red Lip Theology is more than a come-to-Jesus moment for the church; it's also a potent and fearless cry of hope and life for a new generation of believers. -Matthew Paul Turner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Is God Like? and When God Made You Candice Marie Benbow is what we need in the world-a humane writer who provides a safe space for people who toggle between independence and institution as they navigate their beliefs. -Morgan Jerkins, New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing and Caul Baby Red Lip Theology will make you laugh, gasp, and call your bestie to read lines aloud. -Monica A. Coleman, author of Making a Way Out of No Way and Bipolar Faith The spiritual and material lives of so many will be changed because of Benbow's words. -Darnell L. Moore, author of No Ashes in the Fire This book is a theological masterpiece, a love song, and a tender exploration of what it means to live and grow up and fail and get better and put the broken pieces of ourselves back together. -Dante Stewart, author of Shoutin' in the Fire
