: About Me

I hold a BA in English and African-American Studies from a midwestern university. I hold an MS in American History from the same university. I have three wonderful children (one of whom also writes for Helium), a fantastic husband, and three cats. I currently reside in upstate New York at the foothills of the Adirondacks. My career has been varied-nutritional consultant, teacher, academic mentor. But, then, I feel life is an adventure-I have never wanted to feel "stuck" in a box!

My passion is ...

Reading

I know too much about ...

I do not feel one can ever know too much about anything

My parents always told me ...

follow your dreams

My childhood ambition ...

to be an archeologist

My favorite memory ...

the birth of my children

Why I write ...

I like to write, I love to research, combine the two and I am happy

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Futurama, Jazz, Classical music, Allende, Morrison, Tan

My first job ...

at Dairy Queen!

My best moment ...

When I married the love of my life

My inspiration ...

my children, my husband, my parents

Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Brief history of African American theology

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Humankind has a tendency to create religions and theologies which conform to their needs, whether those needs are to justify a situation, to explain the unexplainable, to establish control other others, or to assuage guilt. Early enslaved Africans in America, finding themselves within a culture which was, in large measure, unexplainable, brought to America particular concepts from a society in which religion and life were one. Among these concepts, the notion of a Supreme Being transcended an ocean, slavery, and Anglo-Christianity which, in the American South, supported the ideology of rac...

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