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I'm hoping "black liberation theology" doesn't become just a catch phrase. I was a theology student once upon a time and my personal truth is a lot of different things.
You've got to reach people where they are. If folks in one faith community are not moved by the theology of social justice, so be it. God speaks to them in a different way and that is to be respected. They may feel as though social justice is a secular animal.
I don't know what my home church was growing up. I don't recall any messages other than biblical ones. Salvation was a theme, not necessarily liberation.
From there, I investigated Islam and would have con/reverted had I been able to assume the burden of being a triple minority of black/queer/muslim. I wasn't ready. I remained spiritual for years, finally ascribing to Quaker theology recently.
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