Righteous Content : Black Women's Perspectives of Church and Faith / Daphne C. Wiggins.
2004
BR563.N4 W493 2005
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Title
Righteous Content : Black Women's Perspectives of Church and Faith / Daphne C. Wiggins.
Author
Wiggins, Daphne C., author.
ISBN
9780814795088
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2004]
Copyright
©2004
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.18574/nyu/9780814795088.001.0001 doi
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BR563.N4 W493 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
277.3/0082
Summary
Enter most African American congregations and you are likely to see the century-old pattern of a predominantly female audience led by a male pastor. How do we explain the dedication of African American women to the church, particularly when the church's regard for women has been questioned?Following in the footsteps of Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham's pathbreaking work, Righteous Discontent, Daphne Wiggins takes a contemporary look at the religiosity of black women. Her ethnographic work explores what is behind black women's intense loyalty to the church, bringing to the fore the voices of the female membership of black churches as few have done. Wiggins illuminates the spiritual sustenance the church provides black women, uncovers their critical assessment of the church's ministry, and interprets the consequences of their limited collective activism.Wiggins paints a vivid portrait of what lived religion is like in black women's lives today.
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Series
Religion, Race, and Ethnicity ; ; 23
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 We Always Went to Church
2 Where Somebody Knows My
3 The Fuel That Keeps Me Going
4 We Went to the Church for Everything
5 If It Weren't for the Women
6 We're Part of the Same Culture
7 The Conclusion of the Matter
Appendix I
Appendix II
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 We Always Went to Church
2 Where Somebody Knows My
3 The Fuel That Keeps Me Going
4 We Went to the Church for Everything
5 If It Weren't for the Women
6 We're Part of the Same Culture
7 The Conclusion of the Matter
Appendix I
Appendix II
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author