Women and religion in the African diaspora : knowledge, power, and performance /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

This landmark collection of newly commissioned essays explores how diverse women of African descent have practiced religion as part of the work of their ordinary and sometimes extraordinary lives. By examining women from North America, the Caribbean, Brazil, and Africa, the contributors identify the...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Griffith, R. Marie (Ruth Marie), 1967-, Savage, Barbara Dianne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Colección:Lived religions.
Temas:
Women and religion.
Religion.
Femmes et religion.
religion (discipline)
11.09 systematic religious studies: other.
RELIGION > Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
Religion
Women and religion
Schwarze Frau
Godsdienst.
Afrikanen.
Vrouwen.
Diaspora.
Karibik
USA
Amerika.
Afrika.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • É a senzala : slavery, women, and embodied knowledge in Afro-Brazilian Candomblé / Rachel Elizabeth Harding
  • "I smoothed the way; I opened doors" : women in the Yoruba-Orisha tradition of Trinidad / Tracey E. Hucks
  • Joining the African diaspora : migration and diasporic religious culture among the Garifuna in Honduras and New York / Paul Christopher Johnson
  • Women of the African diaspora within : the Masowe Apostles, an African-initiated church / Isabel Mukonyora
  • "Power in the blood" : menstrual taboos and women's power in an African instituted church / Deidre Helen Crumbley
  • "The spirit of the Holy Ghost is a male spirit" : African American preaching women and the paradoxes of gender / Wallace Best
  • "Make us a power" : African American Methodists debate the "woman question," 1870-1900 / Martha S. Jones
  • "Only a woman would do" : Bible reading and African American women's organizing work / Anthea D. Butler
  • Exploring the religious connection : Black women community workers, religious agency, and the force of faith / Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
  • The arts of loving / Lisa Gail Collins
  • "Truths that liberate the soul" : Eva Jessye and the politics of religious performance / Judith Weisenfeld
  • Shopping with Sister Zubayda : African American Sunni Muslim rituals of consumption and belonging / Carolyn Rouse
  • "But it's Bible" : African American women and television preachers / Marla Frederick-McGlathery.

Ejemplares similares