Black Womanist Ethics (American Academy of Religion Academy Series ; No. 60)
Publisher: An American Academy of Religion Book
Published: May 8, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781555402167
Subjects: Black studies; Feminism; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Conduct of life; Sociology; United States; Religion; Feminist ethics; Christian Theology - Ethics; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Religion / Ethics; Religion-Christianity - Theology - Ethics; Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory; Social Science-Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Christianity - Theology - Ethics; Ethics; African American women; Christian ethics
First sentence: Under slavery the Black woman had the status of property, her master had total power over her and she and her children were denied the most elementary social bonds-family and kinship.