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



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Autore: Bostic Joy R Visualizza persona
Titolo: African American Female Mysticism : Nineteenth-Century Religious Activism / / by Joy R. Bostic Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013
Edizione: 1st ed. 2013.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
Disciplina: 248.220922
Soggetto topico: 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
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.
Titolo autorizzato: African American Female Mysticism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-349-47676-5
1-137-37505-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910819807603321
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Serie: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice