Danté Stewart on Faith, Identity, and Finding a Voice

Danté Stewart is a speaker and a writer whose work in the areas of race, religion, and politics has been featured on CNN and in The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Sojourners, The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, Comment, and elsewhere. He received his BA in sociology from Clemson University and is currently studying at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.  In this episode, Eric and Dante discuss his book, Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! Danté Stewart and I Discuss Faith, Identity, Finding a Voice, and… His book, Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle Learning to care for ourselves as a whole person and not just the individual parts of us How it’s easy to allow our work to mask who we really are His experience of spending time in and assimilating to the predominantly white church and culture The tension he felt between his different social identities The paradox of being visible and invisible when you’re a marginalized person How he needed to learn to give voice to his psychological pain, struggle, and rage The issue with current value systems and social constructs that view white dominance as the norm How he has learned that there isn’t just one answer, but many answers to how we can become a better version of ourselves both as individuals and communities His CNN article, “We Redefined Blackness as a World and a Gift” Art is about taking intangible dreams and making them tangible out in the world Finding wholeness is about trying to make sense of the past in order to create a better future How his writing is how he can give voice to what he’s feeling Comparison is the thief of creativity The importance of creating as it is what makes us come alive Danté Stewart links: Danté’s Website Twitter Instagram When you purchase products and/or services from the sponsors of this episode, you help support The One You Feed. Your support is greatly appreciated, thank you! If you enjoyed this conversation with Danté Stewart you might also enjoy these other episodes: Racialized Trauma with Resmaa Menakem Deep Transformation with Spring Washam See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices