To be a black woman of faith in the American South is to understand and experience spirituality in a particular way. How this understanding expresses itself in everyday practices of faith is the subject of Between Sundays; an innovative work that takes readers beyond common misconceptions and narrow assumptions about black religion and into the actual complexities of African American women's spiritual lives.Gracefully combining narrative; interviews; and analysis; this book explores the personal; political; and spiritual commitments of a group of Baptist women whose experiences have been informed by the realities of life in a rural; southern community. In these lives; "spirituality" emerges as a space for creative agency; of vital importance to the ways in which these women interpret; inform; and reshape their social conditions--conditions often characterized by limited access to job opportunities; health care; and equitable schooling. In the words of these women; and in Marla F. Frederick's deft analysis; we see how spirituality—expressed as gratitude; empathy; or righteous discontent—operates as a transformative power in women's interactions with others; and in their own more intimate renegotiations of self.
#1503207 in Books Judy Yung 1999-11-24 1999-12-09Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.25 x 6.00l; 1.67 #File Name: 0520218604558 pagesUnbound Voices A Documentary History of Chinese Women in San Francisco
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