What's being said about the book: Making a Way out of No Way

“Monica Coleman’s elegant prose makes Making a Way out of No Way a clear and accessible introduction to postmodern womanist theology. This book is a wonderful synthesis of the best of the past with attention to the foibles of our twenty-first-century present and realistic hope for creative future possibilities.”

Karen Baker-Fletcher,  Ph.D. Professor of Systematic Theology at Perkins School of Theology,  Southern Methodist University 

On the road

February 4, 2009
Introduction to Process Theology
Center for Process Studies
Claremont School of Theology
Claremont, CA
4:10-6:00 pm, Butler Building

January 5-9, 2009
7th International Whitehead Conference
Dharmaram College
Bangalore, India

November 12, 2008
Kresge Chapel

Claremont School of Theology

Claremont, CA

November 1-4, 2008
American Academy of Religion
Chicago, IL 

October 31, 2008
American Theological Society
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Chicago, IL

October 26, 2008
Metropolitan Interdenominational Church
Nashville, TN

October 21-22, 2008
Drew University Theological School
Madison, NJ

October 20, 2008
Earl Hall Center
Office of University Chaplain
Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Program
Columbia University
New York, NY
Monday, 7-9 pm

October 12-14, 2008
Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices
Claremont School of Theology
Claremont, CA
Monday, 7-9 pm Mudd Theater

September 19-21, 2008
2008 Conference of Ford Fellows 
Ford Foundation
Washington, D.C.

August 20, 2008
Michigan Annual Conference
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Dearborn, MI

June 10-15, 2008
Teaching and Learning Workshop
Wabash Center
Crawfordsville, IN

April 25, 2008
American Theological Society
Catholic Theological Union
Chicago, IL

April 19, 2008
"In This Place" Workshops on Sexual Violence and Church
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Libertyville, IL

February 21-24, 2008
Teaching and Learning Workshop
Wabash Center
Mustang Island, Corpus Christi, TX

November 16-20, 2007
American Academy of Religion

San Diego, CA

October 19-21, 2007
A Roundtable Seminar for Newly Appointed Faculty 
Association of Theological Schools 
Chicago, IL

October 18-19, 2007
Recruitment Conference 
Fund for Theological Education 
Chicago, IL

October 11-13, 2007
National Council of Churches 
Faith and Order Commission Meeting 
Indianapolis, IN

October 5-6, 2007 
2007 Conference of Ford Fellows 
Ford Foundation
Irvine, CA

September 29 , 2007 
Women's Day 2007 
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 
Chicago, IL

June 13-20 , 2007 
Teaching and Learning Workshop
Wabash Center
Crawfordsville, IN

June 11-13 , 2007 
Annnual Meeting of Highlands Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought

Highlands, NC

May 4 , 2007 
Sistahhood Gathering 
Christian Theological Seminary
Indianapolis, IN

April 18, 2007 
"Depression and Theology" 
Augustana College 
Sioux Falls, SD

April 4, 2007 
"Models of God" Conference 
American Philosophical Association - Pacific Division
San Francisco, CA

March 31, 2007 
"A Community and Congregational Response to Sexual Violence"
Sexual Violence Community Forum 
American Baptist College 
Nashville, TN

March 16-18, 2007 
Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion 
Nashville, TN

February 15, 2007 
Lamenting Violence Against Women Service 
Augustana Chapel 
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Chicago, IL

February 14, 2007 
Wednesday Community Luncheon 
University of Chicago Divinity School
Chicago, IL

February 14, 2007 
Wednesday Worship, Bond Chapel 
University of Chicago Divinity School
Chicago, IL

January 8-10, 2007 
Postdoctoral Retreat 
Mellon May Undergraduate Fellowship Program 
Clearwater Beach, FL


November 17-21, 2006 
American Academy of Religion 
Washington, D.C.

November 14-15, 2006
NAACP 11th Annual National 
Religious Leadership Summit 
Orlando, FL 
For more information

October 28, 2006 
Midwest Division
American Theological Society 
Chicago, IL

October 20-21, 2006 
2006 Conference of Ford Fellows
Washington, DC

September 29 - October 1, 2006 
Harvard Black Alumni Weekend
Cambridge, MA

September 11, 2006 
Chapel Preaching (sermon available here) 
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 

Chicago, IL

July 27, 2006
Do No Harm . . Do All the Good You Can 
General Commission on the Status 
and Role of Women 
Nashville, TN

May 31, 2006 
Women in Ministry 
West North Carolina Annual Conference 
African Methodist Church
Charlotte, NC

May 24, 2006
Durham Conference on the Moral Challenges of our Culture: Sexual/ Domestic Violence, Racism, Classism and the Media
First Presbyterian Church, 305 E. Main Street, Durham, NC
NC State NAACP

April 19, 2006
"To Serve This Present Age: Young Voices 
in the Church and the Academy"
Center for Vocational Reflection 
Claflin University

Orangeburg, SC

April 7-8, 2006 
“Clothed and In our Right Minds: Black Women, 
Mental Health and Faith” Conference 
Bennett College for Women
Greensboro, NC

March 10-12, 2006 
Southeastern Commission on the Study of Religion 
Atlanta, GA

February 1, 2006 
Environmental Forum 
Bennett College for Women
Greensboro, NC

January 17, 2006 
Book Club Discussion Group 
19th Annual Martin Luther King Symposium: 
A Time to Break Silence
University of Michigan School of Nursing
Ann Arbor, MI

January 15, 2006 
Bethel AME Church
Ann Arbor, MI 48105November 18-22, 2005
American Academy of Religion 
Philadelphia , PA


October 13-15, 2005
National Council of Churches 
Faith and Order Commission Meeting 
Portland, Maine

October 2, 2005 
Clover Garden AME Church 
“Women’s Day” 
Burlington , NC

September 24, 2005
Baltimore Book Festival
Baltimore, MD


September 18, 2005 
First Baptist Church 
Reidsville , NC

September 17, 2005
22nd Annual Women’s Conference
Shaw University Divinity School

Raleigh, NC


August 17, 2005 
Michigan Annual Conference
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Dearborn, MI

August 7, 2005 
Westminster Presbyterian Church 
3906 West Friendly Ave. 
Greensboro , NC 27410 
(336) 299-3785

May 27, 2005
NAACP Leadership 500
Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort
Destin, FL

April 23, 2005
The Sankofa Project Womanist Convening 2005:
Womanist Theology and Thought, From Theory of Praxis. 
College of St. Catherine,
St. Paul, MN

March 18, 2005
National Council of Churches
Faith and Order Commission Meeting
Atlanta, GA

March 10, 2005
Society for the Study of Black Religion
Louisville, KY

December 10, 2004
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
Consultation on Adolescent Spirituality
Youth School of Theology Dallas, TX 

November 19-23, 2004
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion
San Antonio, TX

November 15-17, 2004
NAACP 9th Annual National 
Religious Leadership Summit 
Atlanta , GA
For more information

Sunday, September 19, 2004
Third New Hope Baptist Church
8:00 am and 10:00 am
12850 Plymouth Road
Detroit, MI 48227
313-491-7890

Saturday, July 24, 2004
Harlem Book Fair
12:30 – 1:45 pm
Moderating Panel “Behind Closed Doors: 
Sexual Assault, Incest, and Domestic Abuse” 
Metropolitan A.M.E. Auditorium
Harlem, NY
12:30pm - 1:45pm

Saturday, June 5, 2004
Launch party in Ann Arbor, MI
2:00 pm, reading and signing
Bethel AME Church
900 John A. Woods Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-663-3800

Saturday, May 8, 2004
Launch party in Nashville, TN
5:00 pm, reading and signing 
6:00 pm, worship service
7:00 pm, signing
Home of The Dinah Project, the ministry
Metropolitan Interdenominational Church
2128 11th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 726-3876

Thursday, May 6, 2004
First Book Signing in Atlanta, GA 
Charis Books and More
1189 Euclid Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30307
7:30 pm, reading and signing 

May 1, 2004
Process-Relational and Women’s Theologies 
Claremont School of Theology


April 29, 2003
"Process Thought and Womanist Theology: Black Women's
Science Fiction as a Resource for Process Theology" (PDF) 
Center for Process Studies

Claremont, CA