Womanist Justice, Womanist Hope

Name: Womanist Justice, Womanist Hope
Brand: Oxford University Press
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By Townes, Emilie M.

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This book offers an important contribution to the recovery and articulation of African-American womanist experience. Ida Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) was an activist, social reformer, and churchwoman. Womanist Justice, Womanist Hope recovers her life and historical context and examines the extent to which her perspective can be a resource for a contemporary womanist Christian social ethic. Beginning with a brief biographical sketch of Wells-Barnett, Emilie Townes examines the religious and social world in which she worked as well as her many speeches and publciations. Townes focuses especially on Wells-Barnett's participation in the anti-lynching campaigns of the late nineteenth century. She argues that Wells-Barnett's life and work can provide important lessons in leadership and social activism for contemporary Black churchwomen. nature of leadership for Black women,

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 240
Release Date:: 1993-01-02
Publication Date:: 1993-01-01
Publisher:: Oxford University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1555406831
ISBN13:: 9781555406837
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 396 g
Height:: 15.2 cm
Width:: 22.9 cm
Thickness:: 1.4 cm

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