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Monday, February 22, 2027
7pm ET (NYC time)
Free! RSVP with email at checkout
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Who is the Black Madonna? Why is she Black? Why does her Blackness—both racially and mystically—matter today? In this lecture, Dr. Christena Cleveland, author of The Black Madonna: Icon of Resistance and Nourisher of Souls and founder of the Black Madonna Freedom School, will share some of the most humorous, miraculous and memorable historical anecdotes of the Black Madonna that reveal her as a unifying figure of refuge, resistance, and renewal, and illuminate why our society desperately needs to be revitalized by her subversive life force today.
With a special focus on Our Lady of the Good Death—the gothic, lava stone, 12th century Black Madonna of Clermont-Ferrand, France who is known for helping us die to our false selves and societal illusion—Christena will discuss how the Black Madonna’s powerful Black and female body is the alchemical key to restoration, resilience, hope, and equity in our troubled world.
Christena Cleveland, PhD.; is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. A weaver of Black liberation and the Divine Feminine, Dr. Cleveland embraces the archetype of the Black Madonna as she guides people of all races and genders into freedom, wholeness, and embodied justice. She is the founder of the Black Madonna Freedom School, which nurtures courageous and compassionate people who are uprooting white patriarchal religious conditioning in themselves and their communities, while skillfully planting intersectional divine feminine wisdom. Her latest book is The Black Madonna: Icon of Resistance & Nourisher of Souls, where she explores the miraculous, liberating, and zany ways that the Black Madonna has protected, empowered, and nourished people around the globe and throughout history. An award-winning researcher and former professor at Duke University’s Divinity School, Christena lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Monday, February 22, 2027
7pm ET (NYC time)
Free! RSVP with email at checkout
PLEASE NOTE: Video playback of free events is only available to Patreon members. Become a Member HERE.
Ticketholders: A Zoom invite is sent out two hours before the event to the email used at checkout. Please check your spam folder and if not received, email hello@morbidanatomy.org.
Who is the Black Madonna? Why is she Black? Why does her Blackness—both racially and mystically—matter today? In this lecture, Dr. Christena Cleveland, author of The Black Madonna: Icon of Resistance and Nourisher of Souls and founder of the Black Madonna Freedom School, will share some of the most humorous, miraculous and memorable historical anecdotes of the Black Madonna that reveal her as a unifying figure of refuge, resistance, and renewal, and illuminate why our society desperately needs to be revitalized by her subversive life force today.
With a special focus on Our Lady of the Good Death—the gothic, lava stone, 12th century Black Madonna of Clermont-Ferrand, France who is known for helping us die to our false selves and societal illusion—Christena will discuss how the Black Madonna’s powerful Black and female body is the alchemical key to restoration, resilience, hope, and equity in our troubled world.
Christena Cleveland, PhD.; is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. A weaver of Black liberation and the Divine Feminine, Dr. Cleveland embraces the archetype of the Black Madonna as she guides people of all races and genders into freedom, wholeness, and embodied justice. She is the founder of the Black Madonna Freedom School, which nurtures courageous and compassionate people who are uprooting white patriarchal religious conditioning in themselves and their communities, while skillfully planting intersectional divine feminine wisdom. Her latest book is The Black Madonna: Icon of Resistance & Nourisher of Souls, where she explores the miraculous, liberating, and zany ways that the Black Madonna has protected, empowered, and nourished people around the globe and throughout history. An award-winning researcher and former professor at Duke University’s Divinity School, Christena lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.