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Black Madonna : a womanist look at Mary of Nazareth / Courtney Hall Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Courtney Hall, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Theology.
- Mary.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (136 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2017.
- Summary:
- The figure of the Virgin Mary comes loaded with baggage and preconceptions. She is usually depicted as the perfect, obedient, and highly esteemed woman, much like the Victorian notion of the "angel in the house." For many black women, nothing could be more inaccessible. This book considers the relationship between African American women and Mary of Nazareth. After examining the history of black American motherhood during slavery and beyond, this book then gives an overview of the existing views of Mary in both the church and the academy. Lee then brings African American women and Mary together, creating a womanist Mariology by using womanist biblical and theological interpretation, as well as considering black motherhood during the age of "Black Lives Matter."
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 20, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 9781498293808
- 1498293808
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