Download or read book Standing in the Shoes My Mother Made written by Diana L. Hayes and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black women in America have carved out a distinctive and instructive faith stance that is influential well beyond the historic black church. Diana L. Hayes, a leading commentator and forger of womanist thought, especially in the black Catholic setting, here offers strong brew for what ails the church, the Christian tradition, and the world.
Download or read book The Rowman Littlefield Handbook of Women s Studies in Religion written by Helen T. Boursier and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The handbook offers interreligious and multicultural perspectives on women’s studies in religion in conversation with specific contextualized gender-biased justice challenges. Contributing authors address 25 current and trending themes from their diverse socio-cultural-religious backgrounds. Themes move across the spectrum of women’s studies in religion, blurring the boundaries beyond “religious studies” to include perspectives from ethics, philosophy, sociology, economics, and law as. Religious diversity addresses challenges for women’s studies through the lens of Wicca, Buddhist, Asian Trans Pacific, Hinduism, Judaism, Muslima, and Christian. The handbook is practical, contemporary, and relevant as it moves theory to practical application in the section on challenging and changing system gender injustice with chapters on sexual violence and the #MeToo movement, femicide and feminicide, a Mohawk response to colonial dominion and violations to Indigenous lands and women, and a religio-politico witness for love and justice, include how to engage the theories of women’s studies in religion in the public square through civic engagement to create empowerment for actual, practical change. It shows the future movement of the becoming of women’s studies with chapters digital activism, reimagining women’s mosque spaces online, minoritized sexual identities, and spiritual homelessness, and charges readers to see “hope now” by challenging and changing gender injustice.
Download or read book Deeper Shades of Purple written by Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Womanist approaches to the study of religion and society have contributed much to our understanding of Black religious life, activism, and women's liberation. This volume explores the achievements of this movement, and evaluates some of the leading voices and different perspectives within this field.
Download or read book The Womanist Preacher written by Kimberly P. Johnson and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Womanist Preacher: Proclaiming Womanist Rhetoric from the Pulpit performs a close textual analysis of five womanist sermons to answer the question: how does womanist preaching attempt to transform/adapt the tenets of womanist thought to make it rhetorically viable in the church? And what is gained and lost in this? The sermons come from five women who are considered exemplars of womanist preaching: Elaine M. Flake, Gina M. Stewart, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Melva L. Sampson, and Claudette A. Copeland. This book takes the first step in womanist scholarship to dissect what is rhetorically going on in womanist preaching, to categorize womanist sermons under the four tenets of womanist preaching, and to then create four rhetorical models that reflect the rhetorical attributes of the four different categories or phrased tenets that Stacey Floyd-Thomas uses to represent Alice Walker’s “womanist” definition.
Download or read book The Ethics of Protection written by Lincoln Rice and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2023 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the US, Black children are twice as likely as white children to be removed from their parents and adopted out to strangers. The Ethics of Protection responds to this dire reality with a liberationist approach to child welfare ethics. This book reframes child welfare by centering the stories, challenges, failures, and victories of Black families.
Download or read book Transformative Learning and Adult Higher Education written by Judith Beth Cohen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting current trends in transformative learning and adult higher education, this volume paints a vivid picture of the Transformative Learning theory in action. The concepts that knit these articles together despite the variety of educational settings and populations are: relationships, community, and the body experience—often missing in higher education. This volume includes: the voices of marginalized populations often excluded from research studies such as community college students, emerging adults with learning differences, English language learners, native Alaskans, African-American health educators, doctoral students, and yoga practitioners; new paradigms for thinking about adult undergraduate education; new ways to deal with social conflict and advise doctoral students; and personal stories from Black women leaders, college teachers, student writers as well as pregnant women, and social service providers. This is the 147th volume of this Jossey-Bass higher education series. It offers a comprehensive range of ideas and techniques for improving college teaching based on the experience of seasoned instructors and the latest findings of educational and psychological researchers.
Download or read book Redeeming a Prison Society written by Amy Levad and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. criminal justice system is in a state of crisis, from unprecedented rates of imprisonment and recidivism to the privatization of the prison system and the disproportionate representation of particular racial, ethnic, social, and economic groups, all of which is within a larger social justice context. Catholics and Protestants have largely failed to offer vital theological responses. Amy Levad offers a Catholic perspective that directly addresses the concrete issues from a strongly interdisciplinary approach and utilizes the rich liturgical and sacramental resources of penance and Eucharist to offer a theological vision of reform.
Download or read book Racism and the Image of God written by K. Teel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From her perspective as a white feminist theologian, Karen Teel dialogues with five womanist thinkers to develop a Christian theology of the body that can compel Christians, especially U. S. Christians of European descent, to actively resist the sin of racism.
Download or read book A Church Wide Enough for Everyone written by Steven H. Propp and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Schaeffer and Douglas West are best friends living in Oklahoma in 1963when they discover that they both sense a calling to become ministers in a mainline Christian denomination. But from seminary and their early years in ministry to their golden years looking back on what it takes to lead a congregation, a stimulating, sometimes puzzling, yet often inspirational world of theological controversies and congregational concerns would unfold for these two men of God. A Church Wide Enough for Everyone follows these two men on their journey to demonstrate the continuing relevance of the Christian faith in a postmodern world. After moving to Berkeley, California, to attend college and seminary, they have little time to ponder the vast social changes taking place before they immediately enter into intensive critical study of the Bible and Christian theology. And as Robert is then thrust into the ordained ministry with his wife, Faye, both men must in their own ways face the political, cultural, and ideological pressures of each passing decade, responding to challenges from both within the church and from outsiders. Are mainline churchesand Christian theologydead? Or might they be revitalized in the current century? A Church Wide Enough for Everyone and the inspired journeys of two ministers offers a window into how this revitalization and new understanding is possible.
Download or read book Journal of Moral Theology Volume 11 Issue 1 written by Jason King and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contetnts Editorial Essay Jason King Keynote Addresses from the second convening of "Laudato Si' and the US Catholic Church: A Conference Series on Our Common Home” co-sponsored by Catholic Climate Covenant and Creighton University. From “Not Enough”’ to Bold Embrace: US Catholic Responses to Laudato Si’ Blase Cardinal Cupich Responding to the Invitation: Fostering a Bolder Response to Laudato Si’ Maureen K. Day Lisa Sowle Cahill: Five Significant Contributions to Reimagining Christian Ethics Charles Curran Racial Habitus, Resurrection, and Moral Imagination Ebenezer Akesseh $ymbol and Sacrament: Fossil Fuel Divestment and Reinvestment as a Real Symbol of Love Erin Lothes Biviano Guns and Practical Reason: An Ethical Exploration of Guns and Language Mark Ryan Aquinas’s Unity Thesis and Grace: Ingredients for Developing a Good Appetite in a Contemporary Age Megan Heeder Revolution of Faith in Les Misérables: The Journey from Misery to Mercy in the Secular Age Jean-Pierre Fortin “All Creatures Moving Forward”: Reconsidering the Ethics of Xeno-transplantation in the Light of Laudato Si’ Skya Abbate Resurrecting Justice Daniel Philpott Book Reviews Daniel J. Daly, The Structures of Virtue and Vice Nichole M. Flores Donal Dorr, A Creed for Today: Faith and Commitment for Our New Earth Awareness Mari Rapela Heidt Gusztáv Kovács, Thought Experiments in Ethics Piotr Morciniec Michael P. Krom, Justice and Charity: An Introduction to Aquinas’s Moral, Economic, and Political Thought R. Jared Staudt Stuart Lasine, Jonah and the Human Condition: Life and Death in Yahweh’s World Karina Martin Hogan James McCarty, Matthew Tapie, and Justin Bronson Barringer, eds., The Business of War: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Military Industrial Complex Vincent Birch R. Jared Staudt, Restoring Humanity: Essays on the Evangelization of Culture Jesse Russell Dietrich von Hildebrand, Morality and Situation Ethics and Graven Images: Substitutes for True Morality Kevin Schemenauer
Download or read book T T Clark Handbook of African American Theology written by and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook explores the central theme of Christian faith from various disciplinary approaches and different contexts of black experience in the United States. The central unifying theme is freedom; an important concept both in American culture and Christianity. African American theology represents a Christian understanding of God's freedom and the good news of God's call for all humankind to enter life-true human identity and moral responsibility-in genuine and just community. Contributors to the volume argue that African American theology highlights how racism and other intersecting forms of oppression complicate the human predicament; and that their eradication requires an expansion of salvation to include the liberation of persons who lack full participation in society and enjoyment of the good (and goods) made possible by that society. The essays in this handbook employ the tools of biblical criticism, history, cultural and social analysis, religious studies, philosophy, and systematic theology, in order to explore and assess the nature and impact of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, immigration, and cultural and moral pluralism in America-as well as the intersections between African American and African diasporan religious thought and life.
Download or read book Tarry Awhile Drawing on the Riches of Black Spirituality for the Whole Church written by Selina Stone and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Wonderful' JUSTIN WELBY Tarry here and watch with me . . . (Matt 26.38, KJV) Tarrying is a Black Christian spiritual practice in which believers actively wait to experience the manifestation of God's presence. It answers yes to the question Jesus once asked his disciples: will you tarry here and watch with me? Whether in the vibrancy of music and singing, or in the hushed silence of the congregation, people of all ages anticipate an encounter with God that will transform what they know, feel and experience day to day. This book makes the wisdom of Black spiritualities and faith available for all people. It focuses on seven themes: darkness as a place of encounter with the divine; the unity of all things; movement, belonging and migration; the Spirit as one who moves in unexpected ways; quiet contemplation as essential to spiritual growth; healing in community; and weeping that turns to joy. Tarry Awhile centres the stories of often overlooked people and communities, offering wisdom for all people who hope to encounter God in the midst of wearying times. It provides fresh reflections on familiar biblical passages, and draws on personal stories, theology and the spiritual wisdom of ancestors who have gone before us.
Download or read book Economic Ethics the Black Church written by Wylin D. Wilson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the relationship between race, religion, and economics within the black church. The book features unheard voices of individuals experiencing economic deprivation and the faith communities who serve as their refuge. Thus, this project examines the economic ethics of black churches in the rural South whose congregants and broader communities have long struggled amidst persistent poverty. Through a case study of communities in Alabama's Black Belt, this book argues that if the economic ethic of the Black Church remains accommodationist, it will continue to become increasingly irrelevant to communities that experience persistent poverty. Despite its historic role in combatting racial oppression and social injustice, the Church has also perpetuated ideologies that uncritically justify unjust social structures. Wilson shows how the Church can shift the conversation and reality of poverty by moving from a legacy of accommodationism and toward a legacy of empowering liberating economic ethics.
Download or read book Forged in the Fiery Furnace written by Diana L. Hayes and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American spirituality was forged in the fiery furnace of slavery, segregation, and ongoing racial discrimination in both church and society. But African Americans are a people who are strengthened rather than weakened by their experience. This volume traces how African Americans have articulated their faith and love of God in language, song, and daily living. Beginning with its spiritual roots in Africa, Hayes shows how African American spirituality encompassed and incorporated the experience of slavery and the encounter with Christianity. Remarkably, African American slaves were able to find in the religion of their oppressors a message of hope, affirmation, and resistance. Through stories, song, distinctive forms of prayer, celebration, and prophetic witness, Hayes shows how the spirituality of African Americans has nurtured their survival as well as promoting action on behalf of the community and the greater society.
Download or read book Four Black Books written by Aida Bowall and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MINORS SHOULD VIEW CONTENT IN THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF AN ADULT A gripping story which reveals the life of an abused child. Through the eyes of the child as the years passed the anguish continues to unfold. Heart ache tears and laughter fill the pages as the moment's filled Aida' A gripping story which reveals the life of an abuse A gripping story which reveals the life of an abused child. Through the eyes of the child as the years passed the anguish continues to unfold. Heart ache tears and laughter fill the pages as the moment's filled Aida's life. The family denial, silence and outrageous attempts to hide the truth from the world will no longer be held. Aida's brave muster of strength reveals all. Thank you Aida for sharing what you and so many others must be enduring. Names and conversation have been changed to protect the innocent. Events are real.
Download or read book Thanks to My Mother written by Schoschana Rabinovici and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susie Weksler was only eight when Hitler's forces invaded her Lithuanian city of Vilnius. Over the next few years, she endured starvation, brutality, and forced labor in three concentration camps. With courage and ingenuity, Susie's mother helped her to survive--by disguising her as an adult to fool the camp guards, finding food to add to their scarce rations, and giving her the will to endure. This harrowing memoir portrays the best and worst of humanity in heartbreaking scenes you will never forget. Winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award An ALA Notable Book An NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
Download or read book A Flat Place written by Noreen Masud and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “...arresting and memorable….Masud both finds a way to comprehend her own story and establishes a strong voice that confirms her as a significant chronicler of personal and national experience.” – Financial Times "Sharply, subtly, and very movingly, Masud thinks with places, seeking as she does to find a way back into, and then out of, the traumas of her early life." - Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland: A Deep Time Journey A surprising and lyrical journey—part memoir, part nature book—meditating on the meaning of "flatness" and its literary tradition to find ways to understand ourselves and our trauma in one of nature’s most undervalued wonders. For readers of Robert Macfarlane, G. Sebald's Rings of Saturn, Amy Liptrot's The Outrun, and Richard Mabey's Nature Cure Does the concept of "flat" have an undeservedly bad rap? There are centuries’ worth of adoration for rolling hills and dramatic, mountainous landscapes. In contrast, flat landscapes are forgettable and seemingly unworthy of poetic or artistic attention. Noreen suffers from complex post-traumatic stress disorder: the product of a profoundly disrupted and unstable childhood. It flattens her emotions, blanks out parts of her memory, and colours her world with anxiety. Undertaking a pilgrimage around Britain's flatlands, seeking solace and belonging, she weaves her impressions of the natural world with poetry, folklore and history, and with recollections of her own early life. Noreen's British-Pakistani heritage makes her a partial outsider in these landscapes: both coloniser and colonised, inheritor and dispossessed. Here violence lies beneath the fantasy of pastoral innocence, and histories of harm are interwoven with nature's power to heal. Here, as in her own family history, are many stories that resist the telling. She pursues these paradoxes fearlessly across the flat, haunted spaces she loves, offering a startlingly strange, vivid and intimate account of the land beneath her feet. Masud combines memoir, nature writing, and literary reflection to explore what can be drawn from these powerful places, and to understand her own experience of complex trauma and post-traumatic stress, as well as grief and loss. A Flat Place is a book that drives to the heart of what it means to experience place — bodily and psychologically — and the healing properties of literature and landscape.
