Daughters of thunder : black women preachers and their sermons, 1850-1979 /

Daughters of thunder : black women preachers and their sermons, 1850-1979 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Collier-Thomas, Bettye.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c1998.
Description:xx, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
African American women clergy.
Sermons, American -- African American authors.
Sermons, American -- Women authors.
Black theology.
African Americans -- Religion.
African American women clergy.
African Americans -- Religion.
Black theology.
Sermons, American -- African American authors.
Sermons, American -- Women authors.
United States -- Church history.
United States.
Church history.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2773026
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ISBN:0787909181 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-321) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Power of Black Women Preachers Textual Note Rising Above Adversity: The Struggle to Preach
  • Pursuing a Ministry Ordained by God, 1850-1900
  • Women Who Paved the Way
  • A `Threshing' Sermon (1851) Christian Perfection (1894)
  • The Man (ca 1874-1892) Jesus Weeping over Jerusalem (ca 1874-1892)
  • Zion's Mission Work (1898)
  • Claiming the Power of the Pulpit, 1900-1979
  • Hope (1898 and 1945) The FriAnds of Wickedness (1909) Antipathy to Women Preachers (ca. 1930) If I Were White (1941) Christian Perfection (1926) Conversion (1931) Woman, the Builder of Her House (1909) Looking Backward and Forward (1943) Leaning the Wrong Way (1934)
  • The Wages of Sin Is Death (1922)
  • Ella Eugene Whitfield: Salvation Is a Discovery Found in Jesus Christ (1926) Making a Home a Safe Place for All That Enter Its Doors (1926)
  • What Are We Going to Do with the Children? (1927) Thousands Losing Faith in the Church (1927)
  • Get the Right Ticket (1927)
  • Was a Woman Called to Preach? Yes! (ca. 1930s) Is Jesus God the Father or Is He the Son of God? (ca. 1931) What Is Holiness? A Complete Life in Christ (ca. 1930s)
  • Who Shall Be Able to Stand? (1934) Can These Bones Live? (1934) The Economic Persecution (1935) And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1935)
  • Ministers Are Examples (1935)
  • The Woman in the Ministry of Jesus Christ (1940)
  • What Woman Is (1948)
  • Male and Female He Created Them (1978) Women Seeking Admission to Holy OrdersCAs Crucifers Carrying the Cross (1974) Mary Has Chosen the Best Part (1977) The Holy Spirit (1977) The Gift of the Holy Spirit (1977) The Dilemma of the Minority Christian (1974) Salvation and Liberation (1979) Can These Bones Live Again (1978)
  • Epilogue: Forging Ahead Toward Equality
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Thematic Index of Sermons
  • Index
  • Epilogue: Forging Ahead Toward Equality

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