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When momma speaks : the Bible and motherhood from a womanist perspective / Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Louisville, Ky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2016]Edition: Nth editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781611646788
  • 1611646782
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: When momma speaks.DDC classification:
  • 220.6082 23
LOC classification:
  • BS579.M65
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Part 1. Setting the stage. Being an African American mother -- Womanist maternal thought -- Womanist biblical interpretation -- Part 2. Revealing the characters. Hagar: a homeless mother (Genesis 16 and 21:8-21) -- Rizpah: a childless mother (2 Samuel 21:1-14) -- Bathsheba: a fearless mother (1 Kings 1:11-31) -- Mary: a favor(less) mother (Luke 1:26-38) -- The Canaanite woman: a relentless mother (Matthew 15:21-28) -- Zebedee's wife: a shameless mother (Matthew 20:20-28) -- Part 3. Final act. Where do we go from here?
Summary: 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).
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1385455

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Part 1. Setting the stage. Being an African American mother -- Womanist maternal thought -- Womanist biblical interpretation -- Part 2. Revealing the characters. Hagar: a homeless mother (Genesis 16 and 21:8-21) -- Rizpah: a childless mother (2 Samuel 21:1-14) -- Bathsheba: a fearless mother (1 Kings 1:11-31) -- Mary: a favor(less) mother (Luke 1:26-38) -- The Canaanite woman: a relentless mother (Matthew 15:21-28) -- Zebedee's wife: a shameless mother (Matthew 20:20-28) -- Part 3. Final act. Where do we go from here?

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).