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African American female mysticism : nineteenth-century religious activism /
This title adds to the burgeoning conversation regarding 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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Black religion, womanist thought, social justice.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.