Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't EnoughBlurring the boundaries of righteous and irreverent, Red Lip Theology invites us to discover freedom in a progressive Christian faith that incorporates activism, feminism, and radical authenticity. Essayist and theologian Candice Marie Benbow's essays explore universal themes like heartache, loss, forgiveness, and sexuality, and she unflinchingly empowers women who struggle with feeling loved and nurtured by church culture. Benbow writes powerfully

Is her focus being tested

to America's crisis of conscience

an old friend

or hip hop and gangsta rap culture

Tabby explores the reaches of modern medicine and tests the limits of her relationships

But when life delivered blow after devastating blow

Eva and Shane reconnect

and determination to keep on thriving

In a world where all things are streamed

In the outpouring for more on the subject

and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police

caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions