A Troubling in my soul : womanist perspectives on evil and suffering / edited by Emilie M. Townes.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [1993], ©1993.
Description
xii, 257 pages ; 24 cm.

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    • Bishop Henry McNeal Turner studies in North American Black religion ; v. 8. [More in this series]
    • The Bishop Henry McNeal Turner studies in North American Black religion ; v. 8
    Summary note
    • In A Troubling in My Soul, well-known womanist theologians explore the persistent question of evil and suffering in compelling new ways. Committed to an integrated analysis of race, gender, and class, they also address the shortcomings of traditional, feminist, and Black theologies in dealing with evil.
    • Taking Alice Walker\u0027s definition of "womanist" as a framework, in Part I, "Responsible, in Charge," Clarice J. Martin explores "If God exists, why is there evil?"; Frances E. Wood shows how Christianity\u0027s idealization of suffering has harmed African-American women; and Jamie T. Phelps recounts the historic exclusion of African-American women - and men - in the Roman Catholic church. Part II, "It Wouldn\u0027t Be the First Time," includes Marcia Y.
    • Riggs on the 19th century Black club women\u0027s response to moral evil; Emilie M. Townes on a womanist ethic based on the example of Ida B. Wells-Barrett; and Rosita deAnn Mathews on the role of chaplain-clergyperson as priest, prophet, and employee
    • .
    • Part III, "Love\u0027s the Spirit," includes M. Shawn Copeland on the narratives of enslaved and/or emancipated women of African descent; Delores S. Williams on sin and suffering in Black Christian theology; Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan on the spirituals as an Afrocentric Christian response to evil; and Karen Baker-Fletcher on the life of Dr. Anna Julia Cooper and the vitality of voice in womanist experience. In Part IV, "As Purple Is to Lavender," Patricia L.
    • Hunter exposes the cosmetics industry\u0027s impact on Black women\u0027s self-understanding as creations of God.
    • There is also Jacquelyn Grant on how a theology of servanthood degenerates into an apologetics for exploitation; Katie Geneva Cannon on the African-American folk sermon as genre; and, finally, Cheryl Townsend Gilkes on how Alice Walker\u0027s observations that one "loves food," "loves roundness," and "loves oneself" stand in opposition to the dominant culture\u0027s dictum that one can never be too rich or too thin.
    • Vigorous and forthright, A Troubling in My Soul is must-reading for students, scholars, and everyone interested in African-American, women\u0027s, and contemporary religious studies.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: On Creating Ruminations from the Soul / Emilie M. Townes
    • 1. Biblical Theodicy and Black Women\u0027s Spiritual Autobiography: "The Miry Bog, the Desolate Pit, a New Song in My Mouth" / Clarice J. Martin
    • 2. "Take My Yoke upon You": The Role of the Church in the Oppression of African-American Women / Frances E. Wood
    • 3. Joy Came in the Morning Risking Death for Resurrection: Confronting the Evil of Social Sin and Socially Sinful Structures / Jamie T. Phelps
    • 4. "A Clarion Call To Awake! Arise! Act!": The Response of the Black Women\u0027s Club Movement to Institutionalized Moral Evil / Marcia Y. Riggs
    • 5. Living in the New Jerusalem: The Rhetoric and Movement of Liberation in the House of Evil / Emilie M. Townes
    • 6. Using Power from the Periphery: An Alternative Theological Model for Survival in Systems / Rosita deAnn Mathews
    • 7. "Wading through Many Sorrows": Toward a Theology of Suffering in Womanist Perspective / M. Shawn Copeland.
    • 8. A Womanist Perspective on Sin / Delores S. Williams
    • 9. African-American Spirituals: Confronting and Exorcising Evil through Song / Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan
    • 10. "Soprano Obligato": The Voices of Black Women and American Conflict in the Thought of Anna Julia Cooper / Karen Baker-Fletcher
    • 11. Women\u0027s Power - Women\u0027s Passion: And God Said, "That\u0027s Good" / Patricia L. Hunter
    • 12. The Sin of Servanthood: And the Deliverance of Discipleship / Jacquelyn Grant
    • 13. "The Wounds of Jesus": Justification of Goodness in the Face of Manifold Evil / Katie Geneva Cannon
    • 14. The "Loves" and "Troubles" of African-American Women\u0027s Bodies: The Womanist Challenge to Cultural Humiliation and Community Ambivalence / Cheryl Townsend Gilkes.
    ISBN
    0883447835 (pbk) :
    LCCN
    93023875
    OCLC
    28184126
    RCP
    C - S
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