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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959511103321

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

9781349476763

1349476765

9781137375056

1137375051

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice, , 2945-6983

Disciplina

248.220922

Soggetti

Social history

America - History

Philosophy - History

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.