Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk Free Audiobook Download by Delores S. Williams
In this book, the author provides a clear picture of how womanist theology is at once practical and theological in the context of a Black woman's experience. She also examines African-American women's struggles with their religious convictions, which are often deeply rooted in the slave experience.
[In] "Sisters in the Wilderness," [Delores S. Williams] argues that today's dominant female-oriented theological and spiritual language... hampers our ability to hold a world-view of God in which both gender and race are considered.
This audiobook is written as a narrative of the author's personal and academic journey. The work uses God-talk to describe the female experience with a new approach, the womanist God-talk. The narrator speaks with not only authority but also vulnerability, earnestness and humor.
God is a challenging concept for many women of color such as Delores S. Williams because of how our culture has constructed the term. For example, God is seen as an individual who is primarily white and male. Williams contends that the vernacular of God hinders the relationship between justice, love, and wholeness in communities.
Delores S. Williams is a womanist theologian and one of the founding voices in the field of womanist studies. In this book, she explores the need for women to challenge God-talk in ways that are not only respectful but also liberating for all people, taking an interdisciplinary approach with her own work as a direct focus. In this audiobook download, Williams reflects on theological perspectives from both African-American Women and European-Americans and how they intersect in their understanding of what it means to be human. She exposes modern notions of human identity by proposing that there is no one way to identify as a woman, instead allowing the reader to enter into dialogue with their own personal experiences.
The first in this series of Womanist God-Talk books gives insight into women's roles and perspectives of God. The book traces the development of womanist theology with regards to God and feminist leadership from its roots in African-American identity theology among slaves.
Published Date | 2021-08-17 |
Duration | 10 hours 8 minutes |
Author | Delores S. Williams |
Narrated | Machelle Williams |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Religion & Spirituality |
Parent Category | Counseling & Inspirational, Christianity |