CONTEMPLATING NOW is a podcast exploring the Intersection of Contemplation and Social Justice with host Cassidy Hall. This podcast explores contemplative spirituality's direct relationship with issues of social justice through interviews with scholars, mystics, and activists.
Latest Episodes
Sacred Attention: A Conversation with Cole Arthur Riley
In this episode with the founder of Black Liturgies, Cole Arthur Riley, we discuss the power of sacred attention, the importance of resting in the stories, and what it...
The Unnamed Mystics: A conversation with Dr. Kimberly D. Russaw
In this episode, Cassidy interviews her former professor of Hebrew Bible and African American Biblical Hermeneutics and Womanist Biblical Interpretation, Dr. Kimberly ...
The Sacred Black Feminine: A Conversation with Dr. Christena Cleveland
Christena Cleveland, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is the founder and director of the Center for Justice + Renewal as we...
Opening Unto Mystery: A Conversation with Dr. Elyse Ambrose
Elyse Ambrose, Ph.D. (they/them) is a blackqueer ethicist, creative, and educator, whose research, art and community praxis lie at the intersections of race, sexuality...
The Fierce Call of Love: A Conversation with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis
The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis—Author, Activist, and Public Theologian—is the first female and first Black Senior Minister to serve in the progressive Collegiate Church, wh...