When momma speaks
Subtitle: the Bible and motherhood from a womanist perspective
By: Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Louisville, Kentucky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9780664239251; 9781611646788
Subjects: Feminist criticism; Bible; Religious life; Mothers in the Bible; Mutterschaft; Bible and feminism; Feministische Exegese; African American women
Description: Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder provides an engaging womanist reading of mother characters in the Old and New Testaments. After providing a brief history of womanist biblical interpretation, she shows how the stories of several biblical mothers--Hagar, Rizpah, Bathsheba, Mary, the Canaanite woman, and Zebedee's wife--can be powerful sources for critical reflection, identification, and empowerment. Crowder also explores historical understandings of motherhood in the African American community and how these help to inform present-day perspectives. She includes questions for discussion with each chapter. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-117) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Setting the stage. Being an African American mother; title: Womanist maternal thought; title: Womanist biblical interpretation; title: Part 2. Revealing the characters. Hagar: a homeless mother (Genesis 16 and 21:8-21); title: Rizpah: a childless mother (2 Samuel 21:1-14); title: Bathsheba: a fearless mother (1 Kings 1:11-31); title: Mary: a favor(less) mother (Luke 1:26-38); title: The Canaanite woman: a relentless mother (Matthew 15:21-28); title: Zebedee's wife: a shameless mother (Matthew 20:20-28); title: Part 3. Final act. Where do we go from here?