| If It Wasn't for the Women...: Black Women's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community Contributor(s): Gilkes, Cheryl Townsend (Author) |
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ISBN: 1570753431 ISBN-13: 9781570753435 Publisher: Orbis Books OUR PRICE: $23.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2000 Annotation: These collected essays examine the roles of women in their churches and communities, the implication of those roles for African American culture, and the tensions and stereotypes that shape societal responses to these roles. Gilkes examines the ways black women and their experience shape the culture and consciousness of the black religious experience, and reflects on some of the crises and conflicts that attend this experience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Women's Studies - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 277.300 |
| LCCN: 00047863 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.94" W x 9.18" (0.80 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |