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Kaleidoscope Authorities: Reflections on African American Laywomen’s Leadership
Download PDF: Buggs, Kaleidoscope Authorities Abstract In this essay I use the image of the kaleidoscope to reflect on the ways in which two African American laywomen, matriarchs in their families and religious communities, perform religious authority in the local
Evangelical Faith at Work: Resistance as Obedience
Download PDF: Estey, Evangelical Faith At Work Abstract Protestant Christian evangelical practice and theology provides resources for resistance to labor exploitation. Black evangelical union members in Moncure, North Carolina demonstrate through a nine month strike against their plywood plant how
Comfort in the Arms of God: Resilience or Risk among African Americans Diagnosed with Cancer
Download PDF: Lori Carter-Edwards Introduction1 She sits in a chair in an examination room with her tie-back gown on, patiently waiting for the physician to come back to the room to relay the results of her mammogram. She had
The Womb Circle: A Womanist Practice of Multi-Religious Belonging
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