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African American Female Mysticism : Nineteenth-Century Religious Activism / by Joy R. Bostic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bostic, Joy R., Author.
- Series:
- Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice, 2945-6983
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social history.
- America--History.
- America.
- Philosophy--History.
- Philosophy.
- History, Modern.
- Religion--History.
- Religion.
- Africa--History.
- Africa.
- Social History.
- History of the Americas.
- History of Philosophy.
- Modern History.
- History of Religion.
- African History.
- Local Subjects:
- Social History.
- History of the Americas.
- History of Philosophy.
- Modern History.
- History of Religion.
- African History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- African-American Female Mysticism: Nineteenth Century Religious Activism is an important book-length treatment of African-American female mysticism. The primary subjects of this book are three icons of black female spirituality and religious activism - Jarena Lee, Sojourner Truth, and Rebecca Cox Jackson.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 African American Female Mysticism: The Nineteenth-Century Contextual Landscape; 2 Defining Mysticism and the Sacred-Social Worlds of African American Women; 3 Standing upon the Precipice: Community, Evil, and Black Female Subjectivity; 4 God I Didn't Know You Were So Big: Apophatic Mysticism and Expanding Worldviews; 5 Look at What You Have Done: Sacred Power and Reimagining the Divine; 6 Weaving the Spider's Web: African American Female Mystical Activism; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349476763
- 1349476765
- 9781137375056
- 1137375051
- OCLC:
- 864828120
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