Ep 48: Decolonizing Prayer: Reclaiming God as a Liberation Praxis with Bossy Bruja
Description
What happens when Black women reclaim the divine from white supremacy and return prayer to its rightful place—as a tool of remembrance, resistance, and radical liberation?
In this sacred and searing conversation, Nikki Blak and Bossy Bruja explore what it means to decolonize prayer and reclaim God to expand spirituality beyond the image of the old white male deity.
Together, they dismantle the colonized theology that taught Black women to worship their oppressor and reveal how prayer, when practiced through a womanist, African-centered lens—becomes a living praxis of liberation.
They discuss:
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How Black women have always been the theologians, prophets, and conjurers of freedom
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Why white dominance and patriarchy distorted our relationship with God
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The spiritual and political power of naming God in our own image
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How daily devotion, journaling, and solitude can return us to divine alignment
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The difference between begging for change and becoming the prayer itself
This episode is a homecoming for the spiritually-rooted and politically-awake.
It's a reminder that God has never been distant, neutral, or white and that Black prayer is both strategy and spell for collective freedom.
Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.
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