Book Signing & Conversation with Dr. Monique Moultrie | Author of “Hidden Histories: Faith and Black Lesbian Leadership”

Join the conversation Rev. Kelli X, Director of Racial Justice Ministries, will have with Dr. Monique Moultrie about her new book, Hidden Histories: Faith and Black Lesbian Leadership. Buy a book. Get it signed. Enjoy good food and conversation!

In Hidden Histories, Monique Moultrie collects oral histories of Black lesbian religious leaders in the United States to show how their authenticity, social justice awareness, spirituality, and collaborative leadership make them models of womanist ethical leadership. By examining their life histories, Moultrie frames queer storytelling as an ethical act of resistance to the racism, sexism, and heterosexism these women experience. She outlines these women’s collaborative, intergenerational, and leadership styles, and their concerns for the greater good and holistic well-being of humanity and the earth. She also demonstrates how their ethos of social justice activism extends beyond LGBTQ and racialized communities and provides other models of religious and community leadership. Addressing the invisibility of Black lesbian religious leaders in scholarship and public discourse, Moultrie revises modern understandings of how race, gender, and sexual identities interact with religious practice and organization in the twenty-first century.

Dr. Monique Moultrie is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Georgia State University. Her scholarly interests include sexual ethics, African American religions, and gender and sexuality studies. She has written Passionate and Pious: Religious Media and Black Women’s Sexuality (Duke University Press, 2017) and Hidden Histories: Faith and Black Lesbian Leadership (Duke University Press, March 2023) and is currently the co-principal investigator for “The Garden Initiative for Black Women’s Religious Activism.”

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Date: May 18th, 2023
Time: 6-8PM
Location: Raintree Room at Scarritt Bennett Center
Event Fee: $30 (includes copy of book!)

For more information, please contact Rev. Kelli X at [email protected]