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Born in Nigeria, I moved to the UK at the age of four. I read theology & religious studies at Cambridge University before training as a newspaper journalist and over the years have written for several regional and national publications. I’m a regular contributor to BBC Religion & Ethics programmes, including Thought for the Day on Radio 4’s Today programme, the Daily Service, and Prayer for the Day. My first book ‘Am I Beautiful?’ – explored body image among women of faith. In my spare time, I sit on a number of charity boards, including Greenbelt Festival, where I’m vice-chair, and Christian Aid. I’m lucky enough to say my day job is also a dream job - I’m director of Theos, the religion and society think tank. Previously, I headed up community fundraising and public engagement at international development charity Christian Aid. I live in south-east London and am wife to Mark and mum to an energetic toddler. My second book God Is Not a White Man? was published by Hodder & Stoughton in May 2021. My upcoming book Unmaking Mary: The Myth of Divine Motherhood, will be published in February 2025. https://www.chinemcdonald.com/god-is-not-a-white-man daily 0.75 2021-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ad2f79f10401f2e5fcd39/1613476116922-QRGBRJWKBJ50W1VT75RC/book+cover.jpg God Is Not a White Man - What does it mean when God is presented as male? What does it mean when – from our internal assumptions to our shared cultural imaginings – God is presented as white? These are the urgent questions Chine McDonald asks in a searing look at her experience of being a Black woman in the white-majority space that is the UK church – a church that is being abandoned by Black women no longer able to grin and bear its casual racism, colonialist narratives and lack of urgency on issues of racial justice. Part memoir, part social and theological commentary, God Is Not a White Man is a must-read for anyone troubled by a culture that insists everyone is equal in God’s sight, yet fails to confront white supremacy; a lament about the state of race and faith, and a clarion call for us all to do better. — God Is Not a White Man & Other Revelations, by Chine McDonald (Hodder & Stoughton, 27 May 2021) Pre-order your copy of God Is Not a White Man from Bookshop.org Amazon Foyles Waterstones https://www.chinemcdonald.com/am-i-beautiful daily 0.75 2021-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ad2f79f10401f2e5fcd39/1613476609415-YR6VFAV1BRAO7RH3FDLA/am+i+beautiful.jpg Am I Beautiful? - Am I Beautiful? fights back against the beauty myth and calls on women to reclaim their body image and recognize their true value, so that they can be the culture-making, injustice-fighting, Christ-reflecting women they were created to be. Deep down, women long to be seen as beautiful. Each day they are bombarded by the media and society at large by images of how they should appear. The result? Most women feel they just don’t measure up and this beauty myth has crept into our churches too. Christian women may hear that they are made in the image of God; that he looks at the heart and not the outward appearance; that they have been set free from negative thought patterns. But often all that evaporates when they look in the mirror and compare themselves to the images of beauty they see around them. In Am I Beautiful?, Chine exposes her own struggles with her identity, sense of self and views of beauty. Combining her own stories with those of other Christian women, and critiquing society’s views through the lens of the Bible, Chine shows that there truly is a path to freedom. Christian women can be the confi dent, Christ-refl ecting women they were created to be. It takes courage to answer the question of Am I Beautiful? It takes even more vulnerability to stare into the mirror and write where true beauty comes from within. I applaud Chine and her courage to lift the spirits, hearts, and faces of women who feel broken, ugly, and ashamed. Renee Fisher, the Devotional Diva®, speaker and author Buy Am I Beautiful? https://www.chinemcdonald.com/writing daily 0.75 2025-08-06 https://www.chinemcdonald.com/broadcasting daily 0.75 2025-09-08 https://www.chinemcdonald.com/speaking daily 0.75 2025-08-06 https://www.chinemcdonald.com/unmaking-mary daily 0.75 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ad2f79f10401f2e5fcd39/7f023484-6bb2-41f9-a0db-35788e204500/9781399814638+%281%29.jpg https://www.chinemcdonald.com/testimonials daily 0.75 2025-11-20