My soul is a witness : African-American women's spirituality /
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| Imprint: | Boston : Beacon Press, c1995. |
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| Description: | xiv, 370 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2348491 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Boarding "The Old Ship of Zion": Witnessing for Our Mothers' Faith. Our Grandmothers / Maya Angelou. Southern Women / Carla J. Harris. Surviving the Blight / Katie Geneva Cannon. Hattie on the Block / Dolores Kendrick. The Elders / Mari Evans. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken": African-American Women's Spirituality in Sacred Song Traditions / Lisa Pertillar Brevard. "In the Morning, When I Rise": My Hands in Spiritual Soil / Fleda Mask Jackson. "Mary Don't You Weep": Becoming My Mother's Son / Anthony Walton. The Power / Dorothy Perry Thompson. The Spirit Keeps the Memory of the Ancestors Alive / Rosalyn Terborg-Penn. The "Finny-Finny" Rain: Three Women's Spiritual Bonding on Sapelo Island / Gloria Wade-Gayles and Ellen Finch. A City Called Heaven / Rachel Harding. Life-Making: The Spirituality of Ella Jo Baker / Rosemarie Harding and Vincent Harding. Gospel / Rita Dove
- Pt. 2. Testifying: The Spiritual Anchor in African-American Culture. how i got ovah II/It is Deep II / Carolyn M. Rodgers. From Gifts of Power / Rebecca Jackson. From Beloved / Toni Morrison. Revelation by Grace / Belvie Rooks. Spirit Never Fails / Paula L. Woods. Ms. Sarah's Recipes, or, I Am the Butter / Sandra Yvonne Govan. The Church of Aretha / Margo V. Perkins. Defying Alzheimer's: Saving Her Spirit in Song / Carolyn C. Denard. "Sing Oh Barren One" / Bernice Johnson Reagon
- Pt. 3. Challenging Traditions: A New Baptism in the Spirit. Address to the Ohio Women's Rights Convention / Sojourner Truth. Jesus Is a Sister / Johnnetta B. Cole. From The Color Purple (God Is Inside You and Inside Everybody Else) / Alice Walker. Exploring New Spaces: A Dialogue with Black Women on Religion, Culture, and Spirituality / Margo V. Perkins. the hall / Lucille Clifton. In Praise of Praying Women / Valerie J. Bridgeman Davis. Let the Church Say Amen / Nikki Giovanni. sunday morning ritual / Imani Constance Johnson Burnett. Sources of Black Female Spirituality: The Ways of "the Old Folks" and Women Writers / Delores S. Williams. On Discovering Self and Empowerment in Black Women's Literature / Mary Helen Washington. sisters / Anna-Marie McCurdy. Nature/loved black woman/child / Leona Nicholas Welch. Faithful Resistance Risking It All: From Expedience to Radical Obedience / Jacquelyn Grant. On Going Home / Olaive Burrowes Jones. Call / Audre Lorde
- Pt. 4. Praying at Different Altars, Singing Different Songs: African-American Women across Denominations and Faiths. Walking in Eight Directions on One Path / Thulani Davis. Spirituality, Sexuality, and Creativity: A Conversation with Margaret Walker-Alexander / Dilla Buckner. DreadPath/LockSpirit / Akasha (Gloria) Hull. A Good Catholic Woman: Reflections on Conflict and Continuity in the Nineties / Deborah James. Laying on Hands: Women in Imani Faith Temple / Catharine Goboldte. On Belonging as a Muslim Woman / Amina Wadud-Muhsin. The Sacred Journey: The Gift of Hajj / Daa'iyah Taha. From the House of Yemanja: The Goddess Heritage of Black Women / Sabrina Sojourner. She Who Whispers / Luisah Teish. Homegrown Juju Dolls: An Interview with Artist Riua Akinshegun / Gail Hanlon. at karnak temple / ginger floyd
- Pt. 5. Invoking the Spirit: The Healing Power of Affirmations and Rituals. From I, Tituba / Maryse Conde. From The Salt Eaters / Toni Cade Bambara. Be Healed: A Black Woman's Sermon on Healing through Touch / Monya Aletha Stubbs. Healing from Afar with Your Mind / Sharifa Saa. A Womanist Litany / Imani-Sheila Newsome-McLaughlin. Litany for the Blessing of a House / Toi Derricotte. Ritual to Invoke the Goddess Isis / Nancy Thompson. Guardian Spirits / Iyanla Vanzant. Your Inner Voice / Susan L. Taylor. The Power of Affirmations / Marita Golden. From Sisters of the Yam (Walking in the Spirit) / bell hooks. Epilogue: Remembering Roseann Pope Bell / Gloria Wade-Gayles.