African American Female Mysticism

Nineteenth-Century Religious Activism

AvJoy R. Bostic

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

Del i serien Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-11-21
Mått:140 x 216 x 18 mm
Vikt:366 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice
Antal sidor:179
Upplaga:2013
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137373724

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Joy R. Bostic is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Case Western Reserve University, USA

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Introduction 1. The Nineteenth-Century Contextual Landscape of African American Female Mysticism 2. On 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 World Views 5. Look at What You Have Done: Spiritual Power and Re-imagining the Divine 6. Wholly Weaving the Spider's Web: African American Women's Mystical Activism