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Behind The Book: In My Grandmother’s House with Dr. Yolanda Pierce

Truth's Table

Truth's Table

Religion & Spirituality

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Truth’s Table, Dr. Yolanda Pierce is sitting at the table with Christina and Ekemini for our first Behind The Book episode of the season to talk about her new book, “In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith and the Stories We Inherit.” Dr. Yolanda Pierce is Professor and Dean of the Howard University School of Divinity. She is a scholar of African American religious history, womanist theology, race and religion, and an alumna of Princeton University and Cornell University. Pierce served as the founding director of the Center for the Study of African American Religious Life at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. A widely published author, Pierce’s newest book, In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit, was released in February 2021. She is a native New Yorker, mentor, public theologian, community activist, cable news commentator, member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and ordained minister. Follow her on Twitter, her digital home: @YNPierce. Website: www.yolandapierce.com Black women, you don’t want to miss this episode. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Truth’s Table Listeners can purchase In My Grandmother’s House by Dr. Yolanda Pierce: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/InMyGrandmothersHouse Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable Merchandise: https://teespring.com/shop/truthstable?pid=46&cid=2742 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0

This episode of Choose Table is brought to you by Broadleaf Books,

0:03.3

whose mission is to inspire transformation and readers in their communities

0:07.0

to foster a more open, just, and compassionate world.

0:10.1

Broadleaf Books is an imprint of 1517 media.

0:13.3

Learn more at broadleafbooks.com.

0:30.0

Hey y'all, welcome to Choose Table.

0:39.8

Midwise, a culture for grace and truth.

0:41.3

I'm a committee, and I'm Christina.

0:43.3

This table is built by Black woman and for Black woman.

0:46.0

So welcome to the table, see how you're doing, girl.

0:48.8

I'm doing, you know?

0:50.6

We out here, you know?

0:52.3

Harder games, trying to get these vaccinations, you know?

0:54.9

Trying to do what we need to do.

0:56.6

Hello.

0:57.2

It really is the Hunger Games, shall I, and put myself on?

0:59.5

I don't know, I think about three pre-registration lists

1:01.7

at this point.

1:02.7

I'm so, like, anybody, give me something, Johnson Johnson.

1:06.3

What are you doing?

1:07.5

Give me my vaccine!

1:09.6

I'm black!

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