black women's perspectives of church and faith
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Wiggins, Daphne C.
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- VS 8 2005
- Thesaurus
- kerken, religie, spiritualiteit, zwarte vrouwen, vrouwenorganisaties, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- 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.