Sisters in the wilderness : the challenge of womanist God-talk

Sisters in the wilderness : the challenge of womanist God-talk / Delores S. Williams.

This landmark work first published 20 years ago helped establish the field of African-American womanist theology and is widely regarded as a classic text. Drawing on the biblical figure of Hagar mother of Ishmael, cast into the desert by Abraham and Sarah, but protected by God Williams finds a propt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Delores S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, ©1993.
Series:Black women writers series.
Ebsco e-book purchased.
Subjects:
Womanist theology.
Feminist theology.
Black theology.
African American women > Religious life.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
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Holy Cross Note:This was purchased from Ebsco with an unlimited concurrent users license.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • pt. I Sisters in the Wilderness
  • Ch. 1 Hagar's Story: A Route to Black Women's Issues
  • Ch. 2 Tensions in Motherhood: From Slavery to Freedom
  • Ch. 3 Social-Role Surrogacy: Naming Black Women's Oppression
  • Ch. 4 Color Struck: A State of Mind
  • Ch. 5 Sisters in the Wilderness and Community Meanings
  • pt. II Womanist God-Talk
  • Ch. 6 Womanist God-Talk and Black Liberation Theology
  • Ch. 7 Womanist-Feminist Dialogue: Differences and Commonalities
  • Ch. 8 Womanist Reflections on "The Black Church," the African-American Denominational Churches and the Universal Hagar's Spiritual Church
  • Afterword.

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