This book tackles the "taboo" subject of sexuality that has long been avoided by the Black church and community. Douglas argues that this view of Black sexuality has interfered with constructive responses to the AIDS crisis and teenage pregnancies, fostered intolerance of sexual diversity, frustrated healthy male/female relationship, and rendered black and womanist theologians silent on sexual issues.

Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas is an Episcopal priest, womanist theologian, and interim president of Episcopal Divinity School. She is the author of numerous Orbis books, including The Black Christ, Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God, and Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter, which won the Grawemeyer Award in Religion.