Women and Religion in the African Diaspora - Knowledge, Power, and Performance

Informationen zum Autor R. Marie Griffith is a professor of religion at Princeton University. She is the author or coeditor of several books, including Women and Religion in the African Diaspora: Knowledge, Power, and Performance , also published by Johns Hopkins. Klappentext This landmark collection of newly commissioned essays explores how diverse women of African descent have practiced religion as part of the work of their ordinary and sometimes extraordinary lives. By examining women from North America! the Caribbean! Brazil! and Africa! the contributors identify the patterns that emerge as women! religion! and diaspora intersect! mapping fresh approaches to this emergent field of inquiry. The volume focuses on issues of history! tradition! and the authenticity of African-derived spiritual practices in a variety of contexts! including those where memories of suffering remain fresh and powerful. The contributors discuss matters of power and leadership and of religious expressions outside of institutional settings. The essays study women of Christian denominations! African and Afro-Caribbean traditions! and Islam! addressing their roles as spiritual leaders! artists and musicians! preachers! and participants in bible-study groups. This volume's transnational mixture! along with its use of creative analytical approaches! challenges existing paradigms and summons new models for studying women! religions! and diasporic shiftings across time and space. Zusammenfassung This volume's transnational mixture! along with its use of creative analytical approaches! challenges existing paradigms and summons new models for studying women! religions! and diasporic shiftings across time and space.

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• Authors: R. Marie (Professor Griffith, R. Marie Savage Griffith
• Assisted by: R Marie Griffith (Editor), R. Marie Griffith (Editor), R. Marie (Professor Griffith (Editor), Barbara Dianne Savage (Editor), Barbara Dianne (Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought Savage (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2006
• EAN: 9780801883699
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8369-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Lived Religions; Lived Religions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General