God is Not a White Man with Chine McDonald

Recovering God: The Conversations

Chine McDonald is a writer, author, former journalist and head of public engagement at international development charity Christian Aid. She also sits on the boards of a few Christian charities: Greenbelt Festival, Christians in Media and Christians Against Poverty. Prior to Christian Aid, she worked at World Vision and before that as director of communications for the Evangelical Alliance. She studied Theology & Religious Studies at Cambridge University and is a regular BBC broadcaster – most often found presenting Thought for the Day on Radio 4’s Today programme. She’s the author of two books: Am I Beautiful? and God Is Not a White Man & Other Revelations (being published 27 May 2021). We talk about God Is Not a White Man & Other Revelations in this episode, which touches not only on God but on racism and particularly Chine’s experience as a black Christian woman.

During the interview, Chine mentions David Olusoga’s book, Black and British: A Forgotten History published in 2017. It’s a book about the long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa and the Caribbean.

There is also a version for children age 12+. It was published in 2020 and is called: Black and British: A Short, Essential history.

Chine also mentions other books:

· The Shack by Wm Paul Young, which Grace & I have talked about before because it’s such a powerful and challenging book. If you haven’t read it, it’s well worth a read.

· Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, which is a 1937 novel about an African-American woman.

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RGP History

Alison & Grace were having a conversation in the summer of 2019 about podcasts and they weren't aware of any at the time that spoke to their context, so they decided to set one up. You can hear more about their thinking about the podcast on the Introductions episode.

Grace & Alison worked on the podcast together for the first year but Grace had other commitments that meant she had to give the podcast up, so from February 2021 the podcast is carrying on without her. We are still hoping to have new podcast co-hosts, maybe even a team. Could it be you? Do get in touch.

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With thanks to Dan Lawrence who wrote and performed our tune & Lawrence Dinh who produced it.

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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!