1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819807603321

Autore

Bostic Joy R

Titolo

African American Female Mysticism : Nineteenth-Century Religious Activism / / by Joy R. Bostic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-349-47676-5

1-137-37505-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice

Disciplina

248.220922

Soggetti

Social history

America—History

Philosophy

History, Modern

Religion—History

Africa—History

Social History

History of the Americas

History of Philosophy

Modern History

History of Religion

African History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 African American Female Mysticism: The Nineteenth-Century Contextual Landscape; 2 Defining Mysticism and the Sacred-Social Worlds of African American Women; 3 Standing upon the Precipice: Community, Evil, and Black Female Subjectivity; 4 God I Didn't Know You Were So Big: Apophatic Mysticism and Expanding Worldviews; 5 Look at What You Have Done: Sacred Power and Reimagining the Divine; 6 Weaving the Spider's Web: African American Female Mystical Activism; Notes; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

African-American Female Mysticism: Nineteenth Century Religious Activism is an important book-length treatment of African-American female mysticism. The primary subjects of this book are three icons of black female spirituality and religious activism - Jarena Lee, Sojourner Truth, and Rebecca Cox Jackson.