Yorubá and Black Theologies, a Dialogue

Cláudio Carvalhaes

doi:10.7916/btpp.v1i1.484

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Published Dec 14, 2018

DOI https://doi.org/10.7916/btpp.v1i1.484

Cláudio Carvalhaes

Associate Professor of Worship, Union Theological Seminary

Abstract

In gratitude for my great-grandmothers, stolen from me by white supremacy and colonization, I offer this reflection on the connection between Yorubá and Black/Womanist theologies. It is through a lived understanding of Axé that I have found my roots and the connection to both my Latinidad and my Blackness.

In this paper I consider the possibilities of a dialogue between Candomblé, a Yorubá related African Brazilian tradition, and Black and Womanist theologies in the US, trying to go along with several people who have been expanding this relation, like Dianne M. Stewart’s “Three Eyes for the Journey,” Tracey E. Hucks’ “Yoruba Traditions and African American Religious Nationalism,” and our precious Monica Coleman’s “Making a Way Out of No Way.”

Author Biography

Cláudio Carvalhaes, Associate Professor of Worship, Union Theological Seminary

Cláudio Carvalhaes, theologian, liturgist and artist, a native Brazilian, completed his Ph.D. in Liturgy and Theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 2007. He earned his first Master of Philosophy degree in Theology, Philosophy, and History at the Methodist University of Sao Paulo in 1997 and a Master of Divinity degree from the Independent Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Sao Paulo, Brazil) in 1992.

In the summer of 2016, Dr. Carvalhaes joined Union Theological Seminary in New York City as the Associate Professor of Worship. Previously, he taught at McCormick Theological Seminary, Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Carvalhaes is an ordained teaching elder within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): Black Theology Papers 2015

Section

Black Theology and Sacred Texts

How to Cite

Carvalhaes, C. (2018). Yorubá and Black Theologies, a Dialogue. Black Theology Papers Project, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.7916/btpp.v1i1.484

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