Barbara A. Holmes is president emerita of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and formerly professor of ethics and African American religious studies and vice president of Academic Affairs at Memphis Theological Seminary. Her other Fortress books include is Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church Second Edition (2017), Dreaming (2012), Race and the Cosmos: An Invitation to View the World Differently (2002), A Private Woman in Public Spaces (2000). Additionally, she recently wrote Crisis Contemplation: Healing the Wounded Village (CAC Publishing Co, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2021).
