That was the point made by womanist theologian Jacquelyn Grant when she used the experience of poor black women as the lens for interpreting the meaning of Jesus Christ today. “The significance of Christ is not found in his maleness, but in his humanity,” writes Grant. “This Christ, found in the experiences of black women,” “the oppressed of the oppressed,” “is a black woman.”[5] Unfortunately, the powerful image of “Christ as a Black Woman” has been left out of our spiritual and intellectual imagination, needing further theological development.
