Activism in the Name of God: Religion and Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present by Carlacio, Jami L.

Activism in the Name of God: Religion and Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781496845689)

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Activism in the Name of God: Religion and Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present by Carlacio, Jami L.

Activism in the Name of God: Religion and Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

$30.00
Activism in the Name of God: Religion and Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present by Carlacio, Jami L.

Activism in the Name of God: Religion and Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

$30.00
Format: Paperback
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Contributions by Janet Allured, Lisa Pertillar Brevard, Jami L. Carlacio, Cheryl J. Fish, Angela Hornsby-Gutting, Jennifer McFarlane-Harris, Neely McLaughlin, Darcy Metcalfe, Phillip Luke Sinitiere, P. Jane Splawn, Laura L. Sullivan, and Hettie V. Williams

Activism in the Name of God: Religion and Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present recognizes and celebrates twelve Black feminists who have made an indelible mark not just on Black women's intellectual history but on American intellectual history in general. The volume includes essays on Jarena Lee, Theressa Hoover, Pauli Murray, and Alexis Pauline Gumbs, to name a few. These women's commitment to the social, political, and economic well-being of oppressed people in the United States shaped their work in the public sphere, which took the form of preaching, writing, singing, marching, presiding over religious institutions, teaching, assuming leadership roles in the civil rights movement, and creating politically subversive print and digital art. This anthology offers readers exemplars with whose minds and spirits we can engage, from whose ideas we can learn, and upon whose social justice work we can build.

The volume joins a burgeoning chorus of texts that calls attention to the creativity of Black women who galvanized their readers, listeners, and fellow activists to seek justice for the oppressed. Pushing back on centuries of institutionalized injustices that have relegated Black women to the sidelines, the work of these Black feminist public intellectuals reflects both Christian gospel ethics and non-Christian religious traditions that celebrate the wholeness of Black people.

Author: Jami L. Carlacio
ISBN-10: 1496845684
ISBN-13: 9781496845689
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Language: English
Published: 08/16/2023
Pages: 356
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.80d
By Jami L. Carlacio
By Jami L. Carlacio
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Jami L. Carlacio is an independent scholar and has taught writing at Yale University and Cornell University, as well as at colleges and universities in New York City, Wisconsin, Indiana, and California. She is editor of The Fiction of Toni Morrison: Reading and Writing on Race, Culture, and Identity.

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