Spiritual Narratives

Zusatztext These itinerant black women preachers whose autobiographies occasionally read like travelogue? Klappentext These narratives by four famous black woman preachers and evangelists, published between 1835 and 1907, all share a theme that continues to dominate Afro-American literature even today: the power of Christianity to give strength and comfort in the struggle for liberation from caste and gender restrictions. Zusammenfassung These narratives by four famous black woman preachers and evangelists! published between 1835 and 1907! all share a theme that continues to dominate Afro-American literature even today: the power of Christianity to give strength and comfort in the struggle for liberation from caste and gender restrictions.

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• Autori: Virginia W Broughton, Virginia W. Broughton, Julia A J Foote, Julia A. J. Foote, Jarena Lee, Maria W Stewart, Maria W. Stewart, Maria W. Lee Stewart, Stewart Maria W.
• Con la collaborazione di: S. E. Houchins (Introduzione)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.04.1988
• EAN: 9780195052664
• ISBN: 978-0-19-505266-4
• Pagine: 496
• Serie: The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers; The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers; Schomburg Library of Nineteent; The ^Aschomburg Library of Nin
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / Spirituality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Religion: general, Christianity, History of Religion, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience, Gender studies: women and girls, Literature: history and criticism, Black & Asian Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity