Abstract
I’ve been asked to share what I have been doing in the area of women and theology, and more specifically, Black women and theology, from the perspective that we call Womanist Theology. “Sexism is not a problem in the Black Community.’’ “Sexism is not
a problem in the African community.” These statements, echoed by many, were the basis of an informal discussion just a few days ago at the Bossey Institute just outside Geneva, Switzerland, by myself and a Kenyan graduate student from Princeton Theological Seminary. We began the discussion by sharing our experiences as women in Religious Studies, African American Religious Studies and African Religious Studies.