Womanist justice, womanist hope
By: Emilie M. Townes.
Series: American Academy of Religion academy series ;; no. 79
Publisher: Scholars Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Atlanta, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.; African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: This book offers an important contribution to the recovery and articulation of African-American womanist experience. Ida Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) was an activist, social reformer, and churchwoman. Womanist justice, womanist hope recovers her life and historical context and examines the extent to which her perspective can be a resource for a contemporary womanist Christian social ethic. Beginning with a brief biographical sketch of Wells-Barnett, Emilie Townes examines the religious and social world in which she worked as well as her many speeches and publciations. Townes focuses especially on Wells-Barnett's participation in the anti-lynching campaigns of the late nineteenth century. She argues that Wells-Barnett's life and work can provide important lessons in leadership and social activism for contemporary Black churchwomen.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-228).