This far by faith : readings in African-American women's religious biography / edited by Judith Weisenfeld and Richard Newman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weisenfeld, Judith.

Newman, Richard, 1930-2003.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans.

African American women--Biography.

African American women.

Religious biography--United States.

Religious biography.

Women and religion--United States--Biography.

Women and religion.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix unnumbered pages, 326 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1996.

Summary:

"This Far By Faith" brings together a collection of essays on the religious identities and experiences of African-American women. Spanning from the period of slavery to the present, the essays profile American figures such as Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Willie Mae Ford Smith, exploring the role that religious institutions and impulses played in their lives. Methodologically grounded in a historical perspective, the contributors make use of varied sources--music, visual arts, approaches to health care, and political activism--to recover our understanding of African-American women's contributions to religious, social and political life in America. Complete with an extensive bibliography for further reading and research, this collection is a critical examination and critique of the exclusion of African-American women in considerations of American religious history, activism, and thought.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

041591311X

0415913128

OCLC:

32819283