Season 8 opens featuring author Camille Hernandez. Currently located in California, Camille is a writer and public educator pursuing an abolitionist world by dismantling systems of oppression created by settler colonization. Her forthcoming debut book is entitled, “The Hero and the Whore. Reclaiming healing and liberation through stories of sexual exploitation in the Bible.” Sound intriguing? It’s more than that, it’s a fresh and exciting way to give space for marginalized voices in the Bible to speak unto collective liberation. Let’s go!
Episode Summary
- Intro
- Getting to know Camille and her people. 2:00
- Displacement and colonization. 5:32
- The awkwardness of telling people your ethnicities. 9:25
- The importance of trauma informed care. 15:52
- How the church is the problem. 19:37
- What does our faith look like in light of this story? 24:37
- The pain of telling the truth about violence in the church and beyond. 28:10
- The power of showing up and showing up. 35:14
- What does a liberated church look like? 40:51
- We have to recognize that liberation is not a new programme. 45:08
We discuss Camille’s book and ideas surrounding decolonizing Christianity, healthy boundaries, healing, liberation, and more.
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Camille Hernandez is an abolitionist, community facilitator, and poet. She describes herself as a doula using care-centered leadership models to help survivors know their voice, be nourished in community, and develop self-compassion practices in order to birth new liberated realities into existence.
