000438228 000__ 02899cam\a2200481\a\4500 000438228 001__ 438228 000438228 005__ 20230330084941.0 000438228 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000438228 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000438228 008__ 120529s2010\\\\nyu\\\\\ob\\\\001\0beng\d 000438228 010__ $$z2010014003 000438228 019__ $$a703152785$$a707822089 000438228 020__ $$a9780230113930 (electronic bk.) 000438228 020__ $$z9780230615113 000438228 020__ $$z0230615112 000438228 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn696332395 000438228 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10445899 000438228 035__ $$a438228 000438228 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000438228 05014 $$aPS3573.A425$$bZ67 2010eb 000438228 08204 $$a813/.54$$222 000438228 1001_ $$aHarris, Melanie L.,$$d1975- 000438228 24510 $$aGifts of virtue, Alice Walker, and womanist ethics$$h[electronic resource] /$$cMelanie L. Harris. 000438228 250__ $$a1st ed. 000438228 260__ $$aNew York :$$bPalgrave Macmillan,$$c2010. 000438228 300__ $$a1 online resource (xii, 178 p.) ;$$c22 cm. 000438228 440_0 $$aBlack religion, womanist thought, social justice. 000438228 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000438228 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- "A Womanist Story": Alice Walker's Moral Biography -- A Path Set before Us: Womanist Virtue Method -- Method -- Doing the Work: Building a Womanist Virtue Ethic -- Stay on the Path, Walk the Journey: Values to Hold On -- Take Back Your Life: Virtues to Live By -- Third-Wave Womanism: Expanding Womanist Discourse, Making Room for Our Children -- Epilogue: The Gifts of Alice Walker -- Notes -- Index -- Alice Walker: Work Cited 000438228 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000438228 520__ $$a"Melanie L. Harris dives into the spirituality and life work of Alice Walker, literary genius and poet. Through the lens of Womanist ethics, Harris takes an inside look into the virtues and values that can be lifted from a study of Walker's non-fiction work. This work enlivens the debate in African and African American religious thought about the fluidity of spirituality and widens the conversation to encourage readers to embrace religious traditions inclusive of and beyond Christianity as the foundations for empowerment of both women and ethical values"--Provided by publisher. 000438228 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000438228 60010 $$aWalker, Alice,$$d1944-$$xCriticism and interpretation. 000438228 60010 $$aWalker, Alice,$$d1944-$$xEthics. 000438228 60010 $$aWalker, Alice,$$d1944-$$xReligion. 000438228 650_0 $$aSpirituality in literature. 000438228 650_0 $$aVirtues in literature. 000438228 650_0 $$aValues in literature. 000438228 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 000438228 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aHarris, Melanie L., 1975-$$tGifts of virtue, Alice Walker, and womanist ethics.$$b1st ed.$$dNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010$$z9780230615113$$w(DLC) 2010014003$$w(OCoLC)369140802 000438228 8520_ $$bacq 000438228 85280 $$bebk$$hProquest Ebook Central 000438228 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=652723$$zOnline Access 000438228 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:438228$$pGLOBAL_SET 000438228 980__ $$aEBOOK 000438228 980__ $$aBIB 000438228 982__ $$aEbook 000438228 983__ $$aOnline