Surviving The Tyranny of The Now: Dismantling Christian Supremacy

Fri 5 PM | Workshop

Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, Rev. Alba Onofrio, & Dr. Jeffrey Koetje

We are living in what Robyn has been calling Tyranny of The Now in their writing and public talks, and so much of our present moment is created by what Alba calls white Christian Supremacy. Jeff has been fighting his own socializations as white and the ways he has to also confront white supremacy in his religious upbringing and educational training. As Alba has theorized, white Christian supremacy is elucidated in a parasitic relationship that is shared by white supremacy and Christian supremacy. This conversation is designed to expose the contours of these two material realities that are severely impacting all of us.

Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza

Curator, Justice Camp
Named at 1 of 10 Faith Leaders to watch in 2018 by the Center for American Progress, Dr. Robyn is an anti-oppression, anti-racist, non-binary Trans*gressive Latinx. Dr. Robyn takes seriously their call as an activist theologian and ethicist to bridge together theories and practices that result in communities responding to pressing social concerns. Dr. Robyn sees this work as a life-orienting vocation, deeply committed to translating theory to practice, and embedded in re-imagining our moral horizon to one which privileges a politics of radical difference.

To learn more, check out Dr. Robyn’s website: www.iRobyn.com
www.irobyn.com

Sessions:
Justice Camp Pre-Festival Event
46 Surviving The Tyranny of The Now
117 Preaching as Resistance
128 Taking to the Social Streets
289 Loving Our Way to Freedom
290 Sacred and Profane
337 Bridging Radical Difference

Alba Onofrio

Rev. Alba Onofrio (a.k.a. Reverend Sex) is a Southern Appalachian First-Gen Latinx Queer Mama Evangelical Femme who lives and loves in la Lucha with QTPOC folks as a Spiritual Healer and Bruja Troublemaker to combat spiritual terrorism, reclaim Guad, and eradicate shame and fear wherever they are found.

As the Spiritual Strategist for Soulforce and a Co-founder of the Sexual Liberation Collective, Rev. Alba Onofrio trains across the U.S. and internationally on decoding white Christian Supremacy and healing internalized religious-based trauma in order to rebuild our ethics and reclaim our sacred desires and spiritual practices. They also serve as Evangelist-Missionary at Jubilee Interfaith Community in Asheville, NC.
www.ReverendSex.com
www.Soulforce.org

Sessions:
Justice Camp Pre-Festival Event
186 Decolonize-Heal-Reclaim
46 Surviving The Tyranny of The Now
289 Loving Our Way to Freedom

Jeff Koetje

Jeff is the Education and Research Director for the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), and identifies as an academic, activist, anti-racist, sex-positive queer feminist.

Sessions:
46 Surviving The Tyranny of The Now
289 Loving Our Way to Freedom

Session #46