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Womanist Theology: Home

A guide to resources for womanism and Black feminism in theology

The Classics

Katie's Canon : womanism and the soul of the Black community by Katie Geneva Cannon
ISBN: 0826408346
Sisters in the Wilderness : the challenge of womanist God-talk by Delores S. Williams
ISBN: 9781570750267
Womanist Theological Ethics by Katie Geneva Cannon (Editor); Emilie M. Townes (Editor); Angela D. Sims (Editor)
ISBN: 9780664235376
White Women's Christ and Black Women's Jesus: feminist christology and womanist response by Jacquelyn Grant
ISBN: 1555403034

Novels & Memoir

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
ISBN: 9780704339057
In Search of Our Mother's Gardens : Womanist Prose by Alice Walker
ISBN: 0151445257
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
ISBN: 086068511X
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
ISBN: 1402519745
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
ISBN: 9780452273054

From Divinity School Faculty

Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil by Emilie M. Townes
ISBN: 1403972729
Womanist Justice, Womanist Hope by Emilie M. Townes
ISBN: 1555406831
Self, Culture, and Others in Womanist Practical Theology by Phillis Isabella Sheppard
ISBN: 9780230102880
Mining the Motherlode : methods in womanist ethics by Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
ISBN: 0829815848
Deeper Shades of Purple : womanism in religion and society by Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas (Editor)
ISBN: 9780814727522
Ingenuity : Preaching as an Outsider by Lisa L. Thompson
ISBN: 9781501832598

This is Woman's Work: The Worth and Witness of Womanism in Times Like These

This intergenerational panel of four womanist scholars represents many disciplines, including homiletics, ethics, religion and psychology. The panelists speak out of the urgency and import of the times and proclaim hope in the midst of the pandemic.

Last Updated: Aug 4, 2020 11:20 AM
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Subjects: Divinity School and Religious Studies, Religious Studies, Theological Studies

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