Theology comes not from academia, but from our family stories, says Yolanda Pierce.

OUR FAITH  / A U.S. CATHOLIC INTERVIEW

What if our theology came not from academics and church hierarchy, but from our very own family histories?

This is the type of theology that theologian and dean of Howard University School of Divinity Yolanda Pierce details in her book In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit (Broadleaf Books).