This Far by Faith

Readings in African-American Women's Religious Biography

• Author(s): Judith Weisenfeld, Richard Newman,
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Pages: 326
• ISBN_10: 0415913128
  ISBN_13: 9780415913126
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Biography & Autobiography / Religious , Religion / General , Religion / Sexuality & Gender Studies , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Gender Studies ,

Description:... This Far By Faith brings together a collection of essays on the religious identities and experiences of African-American women. Spanning from the period of slavery to the present, the essays profile American figures such as Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Willie Mae Ford Smith, exploring the role that religious institutions and impulses played in their lives.