Womanist justice, womanist hope

Description

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.

Subjects

Genres

• Biography.

Series Statement

• American Academy of Religion academy series ;

Other Editions

• Womanist justice, womanist hopeScholars Press1993-01-01
• Womanist Justice, Womanist Hope (American Academy of Religion Academy Series)PaperbackAn American Academy of Religion Book2000-05-08