Trauma and Healing in Black Panther, Part One

The Allender Center Podcast

The Allender Center

Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Christianity, Trauma, Health & Fitness, Theology

4.6 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This week, Rachael Clinton sits down with Teaching Staff member Wendell Moss and Michael Thornhill of the Coalition for Christian Outreach to launch a two-part conversation about the hit film Black Panther. Rachael, Wendell, and Michael discuss a few of the movie’s memorable characters and begin unpacking how the narrative reflects the complexity and humanity of trauma and healing.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Allender Center podcast, normally introduced by Rachel Clinton, but today I, Dan Allender, get to introduce three dear friends.
0:16.7	Rachel Clinton, Wendell Moss, and Michael Thornhill, who will be talking about the movie Black Panther.
0:24.8	Black Panther is not merely a highly grossing action movie, but it's also a cultural phenomena
0:30.4	that deserves not only to be seen but pondered. These three friends will help you engage this
0:36.7	important film.
0:38.3	And all of us at the Allender Center wish you a glorious celebration of Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Resurrection Sunday.
0:52.3	Well, hi everyone. I am fortunate today to be hosting my first ever podcast on the Allender
1:00.2	Center podcast. And I am joined today, this is Rachel, by the way, and I'm joined today by my
1:06.4	friend and colleague, Mr. Windall Moss, who many of you are familiar with. He's been on the podcast as well.
1:12.4	He's a part of the Allender Center teaching staff and the instructional team at the Seattle School.
1:17.2	He's also a minister and an educator and all-around great guy. Thanks for joining me, Wendell.
1:22.3	You're very well.
1:23.3	And we are so privileged to be joined by our friend, Michael Thornhill, who is the assistant director of cross-cultural ministry, a part of the Coalition of Christian Outreach, which is an organization we've been fortunate to be forming a partnership with. He teaches and equips campus ministers and ministry leaders across the nation. He is also a minister by day and a salsa instructor by night, which is a really important thing,
1:50.0	and also our resident Marvel nerd.
1:53.0	Yeah.
1:54.0	True?
1:55.0	True?
1:56.0	Yeah.
1:57.0	Well, thanks for joining us, Michael.
1:59.0	Well, we, today we want to, this is going to be the first installment of a series we hope to start of engaging films.
2:07.6	And so today we wanted to take an opportunity to spend some time talking about Black Panther, which if you haven't seen and you want to see or you're not familiar with the story, this might
2:18.7	be a good time for you to like make a little note, bookmark this podcast and come back and visit it
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