Living the intersection
Subtitle: womanism and Afrocentrism in theology
By: Cheryl J. Sanders, editor.
Contributors: Sanders, Cheryl Jeanne.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Womanist theology.; Afrocentrism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Description: Womanism and Afrocentrism are the two most influential currents in contemporary African American culture. They both heighten black cultural self-awareness, even as they deepen knowledge of its historical sources. As womanism mines the ways and wisdom of African American women for Christian theology, so Afrocentricity excavates an African past to liberate the oppressed from Eurocentric worldviews.

Yet are the two compatible? What does the mostly male Afrocentric scholarship contribute to the survival, wholeness, and liberation of black women? In this volume social ethicist Cheryl Sanders and other leading womanist thinkers take the measure of the Afrocentric idea and explore the intricate relationship between Afrocentric and womanist perspectives in their lives and commitments. Their strong, frank assessments form a creative engagement of these two momentous streams.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-190) and index.