Thandeka [1][2] is a Unitarian Universalist minister, an American liberal theologian,[3] and the creator of a contemporary affect theology.
[2] Thandeka's theological work considers the role of feeling or emotion in human religious and spiritual experiences.
Her book The Embodied Self is based on a close reading of Schleiermacher's Dialektik, focusing on his idea that feeling is primary in human experience, and exploring how feeling enables people to connect mind and body,[3] or thinking and organic being.
[10] She affirms explorations begun by James Baldwin, using insights from neuroscience and complex post-traumatic stress disorders.
"[12] While Thandeka is hopeful that her insights into this will help white Americans discover their common ground with other groups who are suffering so that mutual advance are made, others disagree.