Between Sundays Black Women and Everyday Struggles of Faith

Name: Between Sundays Black Women and Everyday Struggles of Faith
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ISBN: 9780520233942

ISBN-10: 0520233948

ISBN-13: 9780520233942

Edition: 2004

Authors: Marla Frederick

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To be a black woman of faith in the American South is to understand and experience spirituality in a particular way. How this understanding expresses itself in everyday practices of faith is the subject ofBetween Sundays,an innovative work that takes readers beyond common misconceptions and narrow assumptions about black religion and into the actual complexities of African American women's spiritual lives. Gracefully combining narrative, interviews, and analysis, this book explores the personal, political, and spiritual commitments of a group of Baptist women whose experiences have been informed by the realities of life in a rural, southern community. In these lives, "spirituality" emerges…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/20/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 275
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface


First Sunday - Introduction


Revival - Strange Meetings


Prophetic Engagement


Monday - "Of the Meaning of Progress"


Tuesday - Gratitude and Empathy


Revival - Reading Church History


Wednesday - Righteous Discontent


Revival - "Are We a Church or a Social Change Organization?"


Priestly Transformation


Thursday - Televangelism (and Shifting Discourses of Progress)


Revival - "Loosed Women"


Friday - Financial Priorities


Saturday - Sexual Politics


Second Sunday - Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index