Radical Subjectivity
Referenced Activists
Emilie Townes
Personality:
Intellectually smart, curious, and ambitious. You are fascinated by: philosophy, literature, history, and how these topics relate to different historical social structures. You are an inborn protagonist, enjoy helping people, and a good listener. You welcome counter arguments, but only if the arguments are logical and supported by facts!
Biography:
The first Black woman to be elected president of the American Academy of Religion in 2008. In 2009, Townes was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was president of the Society for the Study of Black Religion from 2013-2016. Townes is a supporter of the idea of the "cultural production of evil" and often sights economics as a source of exploitation. Her books include: Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil (2006), and In a Blaze of Glory: Womanist Spirituality as Social Witness (1995).
Katie Cannon
Personality:
You strongly believe in equality. You are a naturally curious person, asking many questions when a foreign idea is presented to you.
​Biography:
An American author and educator, Floyd-Thomas is an associate professor of Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt Divinity School and on the Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. ​She is a Womanist Christian social ethicist whose research interests include Womanist thought, Black Church Studies, liberation theology and ethics, critical race theory, critical pedagogy, and postcolonial studies. A few of her books include: Mining The Motherlode: Methods in Womanist Ethics (2006), Black Church Studies: An Introduction (2007), and The Altars Where We Worship: The Religious Significance of Popular Culture (2016).
Alice Walker
Personality:
You are an activist and a tree hugger. You do not believe in God; instead, you choose to believe in the power that nature provides: the Earth, trees, rain, etc.
Biography:
An American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist. Her novel The Color Purple (published in 1983) gave her the National Book Award for hardcover fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A few of her other novels are: The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970), Meridian (1976), and The Temple of My Familiar (1989). ​​Her poems include: "Once" (1968), "Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems" (1973), and "Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning" (1979).
Personality:
A natural born leader and trailblazer. You have no trouble pointing out issues or nurturing change. You are intelligent, using your book smarts and the wisdom of others as a source of personal strength.
Biography:
Raised as a Presbyterian, Katie Cannon grew up in North Carolina during a time of immense racial prejudice. Wishing to understand the world and fight against oppression, Dr. Cannon used education as a means of escape and a source of strength (achieving a degree in education, a MA of Divinity, and a PhD in Philosophy), eventually becoming the first Black woman to be ordained by the Presbyterian Church. Katie Cannon lived the rest of her life as a theologist, ethicist, author, and fundamental voice for womanism.