When Momma Speaks: The Bible And Motherhood From A Womanist Perspecitive

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.

• | Author: Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder
• | Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 02, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 148 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Religion
• | ISBN-10: 0664239250
• | ISBN-13: 9780664239251