Wakanda Forever: Cultivating Moral Imagination & Beloved Community
What if the theologies of resistance that we cultivate in this moment were rooted in the possibility of Wakanda?
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RLC Network Michael-Ray Mathews
Michael-Ray Mathews
Michael-Ray Mathews brings over 30 years of leadership experience — as a senior pastor, grassroots leader, psalmist and community organizer — to his work as Deputy Director for Faith in Action (formerly PICO National Network). He is the host of the Prophetic Resistance Podcast, where he engages multi-faith leaders in conversations about cultivating communities of belonging and sacred resistance to injustice. Rev. Mathews is president of the Alliance of Baptists, a progressive movement for justice and healing, and co-editor of "Trouble the Waters: A Christian Resource for the Work of Racial Justice." A visiting professor of public theology at American Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley, he is also a senior fellow at Auburn Theological Seminary in New York. Michael-Ray is co-founder of and public theologian-in-residence with Sympara, a multifaith/interspiritual community of practice, repurposing spiritual assets for the common good.