Living the Intersection
Womanism and Afrocentrism in Theology
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Living the Intersection: Womanism and Afrocentrism in Theology
Womanism and Afrocentrism are the two most
influential currents in contemporary African
American culture. They both heighten black
cultural self-awareness, even as they deepen
knowledge of its historical sources. As
womanism mines the ways and wisdom of
African American women for Christian
theology, so Afrocentricity excavates an
African past to liberate the oppressed from
Eurocentric worldviews.
Yet are the two compatible? What does the mostly male Afrocentric scholarship contribute to the survival, wholeness, and liberation of black women? In this volume social ethicist Cheryl Sanders and other leading womanist thinkers take the measure of the Afrocentric idea and explore the intricate relationship between Afrocentric and womanist perspectives in their lives and commitments. Their strong, frank assessments form a creative engagement of these two momentous streams.
Yet are the two compatible? What does the mostly male Afrocentric scholarship contribute to the survival, wholeness, and liberation of black women? In this volume social ethicist Cheryl Sanders and other leading womanist thinkers take the measure of the Afrocentric idea and explore the intricate relationship between Afrocentric and womanist perspectives in their lives and commitments. Their strong, frank assessments form a creative engagement of these two momentous streams.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800628529
- Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5
- Pages 192
- Publication Date March 1, 1995
Table of Contents
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Contributors
- We Have a Beautiful Mother: Womanist Musings on the Afrocentric Idea
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
- Afrocentrism and Male-Female Relations in Church and Society
Delores S. Williams
- A Womanist Response to the Afrocentric Idea: Jarena Lee, Womanist Preacher
Lorine L. Cummings
- To Reflect the Image of God: A Womanist Perspective on Right Relationship
Kelly Brown Douglas
PART TWO: INTERPRETATION
- Slavery as a Sacred Text: Witnessing in Dessa Rose
Deborah E. McDowell
- Living in the Intersection of Womanism and Afrocentrism: Black Women Writers
Youtha C. Hardman-Cromwell
- Black Women in Biblical Perspective: Resistance, Affirmation, and Empowerment
Cheryl J. Sanders
PART THREE: LEARNING
- Teaching Womanist Theology
Kelly Brown Douglas
- Afrocentric and Womanist Approaches to Theological Education
Cheryl J. Sanders
Notes
Index
Introduction
Kelly Brown Douglas and Cheryl J. Sanders
PART ONE: EXPERIENCE