Unraveling and Reweaving Sacred Canon in Africana Womanhood |
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Editor:
| Ross, Rosetta E. Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary |
Contribution by:
| Ross, Rosetta E. Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary Alexander, Liz S. Ammah, Rabiatu Bridgeman, Valerie Jones, Melanie C. Knight, NaShieka D. Labeodan, Helen Adekunbi Motswapong, Elizabeth Pulane Oke, Ruth Oluwakemi Quansah, Agnes Siwo-Okundi, Elizabeth Sulemanu, Fatimatu N-Eyare Yindjara, Antoinette B. |
Series title: | Feminist Studies and Sacred Texts |
ISBN: | 978-1-4985-1822-2 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Unraveling and Reweaving Sacred Canon in Africana Womanhood, a pioneering collection of essays by continental and diasporan African women, emerges from conversations about black female wellbeing and religious ideas in oral, written, and embodied forms. Through essays that affirm words and practices that enhance women's lives, contributors challenge traditional conceptions of sacred texts to untangle beneficial statements and uses of religious ideas from harmful patterns of employing...
More DescriptionUnraveling and Reweaving Sacred Canon in Africana Womanhood, a pioneering collection of essays by continental and diasporan African women, emerges from conversations about black female wellbeing and religious ideas in oral, written, and embodied forms. Through essays that affirm words and practices that enhance women's lives, contributors challenge traditional conceptions of sacred texts to untangle beneficial statements and uses of religious ideas from harmful patterns of employing religion and religious texts to diminish, disempower, and subjugate women and girls.