African-American Female Mysticism - Nineteenth Century Religious Activism

Informationen zum Autor Joy R. Bostic is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Case Western Reserve University, USA Klappentext African-American Female Mysticism: Nineteenth Century Religious Activism is an important book-length treatment of African-American female mysticism. The primary subjects of this book are three icons of black female spirituality and religious activism - Jarena Lee, Sojourner Truth, and Rebecca Cox Jackson. Zusammenfassung African-American Female Mysticism: Nineteenth Century Religious Activism is an important book-length treatment of African-American female mysticism. The primary subjects of this book are three icons of black female spirituality and religious activism - Jarena Lee! Sojourner Truth! and Rebecca Cox Jackson. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Nineteenth-Century Contextual Landscape of African American Female Mysticism 2. On Defining Mysticism and the Sacred Social Worlds of African American Women 3. Standing Upon the Precipice: Community, Evil, and Black Female Subjectivity 4. God I Didn't Know You Were So Big: Apophatic Mysticism and Expanding World Views 5. Look at What You Have Done: Spiritual Power and Re-imagining the Divine 6. Wholly Weaving the Spider's Web: African American Women's Mystical Activism

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Introduction 1. The Nineteenth-Century Contextual Landscape of African American Female Mysticism 2. On Defining Mysticism and the Sacred Social Worlds of African American Women 3. Standing Upon the Precipice: Community, Evil, and Black Female Subjectivity 4. God I Didn't Know You Were So Big: Apophatic Mysticism and Expanding World Views 5. Look at What You Have Done: Spiritual Power and Re-imagining the Divine 6. Wholly Weaving the Spider's Web: African American Women's Mystical Activism

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• Authors: J. Bostic, Joy Bostic, Joy R Bostic, Joy R. Bostic
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2013
• EAN: 9781137373724
• ISBN: 978-1-137-37372-4
• No. of pages: 203
• Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice; Black Religion/Womanist Though; Black Religion/Womanist Though; Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice; Black Religion / Womanist Thought / Social Justice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; B, History, Social History, Philosophy, History of Religion, History of Philosophy, African History, History of the Americas, History of philosophy, philosophical traditions, History, Modern, Modern History, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, America—History, Religion—History, Africa—History, Africa;mysticism;spirituality;women