Authentic Christian Freedom: Deconstructing the American Gospel of Liberty

What is freedom? Drawing from feminist, womanist, and postcolonial thought, Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty offers an authentic Christian vision of freedom rooted in interdependence and living for the sake of others. Deconstructing competing notions of "freedom from," "freedom to," and "freedom for," Hinson-Hasty attends to intersections of theologies of oppression and today's culture wars. She issues an urgent call for religious leaders to challenge our cultural obsession with separatism by teaching a liberating, relational counter-narrative that fosters beloved communities of justice and belonging. From reframing the Exodus story to recasting freedom's meaning, this crucial work charts a path forward toward a more just, loving, and connected understanding of what it truly means to be free.