Hope in the holler : a womanist theology / A. Elaine Brown Crawford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crawford, A. Elaine Brown (Anna Elaine Brown), 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Religious life.

African American women.

Womanist theology.

Physical Description:

xvii, 134 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, [2002]

Summary:

For more than three hundred years, black women have embodied a theology of hope that has enabled them to overcome a history of abuse and violence. While a theology of hope has been widely discussed in twentieth-century theology, it was born in slavery long before Jurgen Moltmann introduced it to America in 1967. Even womanist notions of hope have not explored the theological character of hope in abused black women's narratives. Crawford argues that hope is the theological construct that moves black women beyond endurance and survival to transformation of their personal and communal realities. This book identifies and analyzes the theological vision of hope voiced within the narratives of enslaved, emancipated, and contemporary black women and brings that vision into discussion with contemporary womanist theologies.

Contents:

1 From Victim to Vessel: Context of the Holler 1

2 Managing Secrets with Our Pen 15

3 Prisoners of Hope 41

4 Hope in the Holler 67

5 Womanist Visions 90

Conclusion: Emergent Hope in Womanist Theology 109.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-125) and index.

ISBN:

0664222544

OCLC:

49853501