Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God

by Delores S. Williams

Book Overview

This landmark work first published 20 years ago helped establish the field of African-American womanist theology and is widely regarded as a classic text. Drawing on the biblical figure of Hagar mother of Ishmael, cast into the desert by Abraham and Sarah, but protected by God Williams finds a proptype for the struggle of African-American women. African slave, homeless exile, surrogate mother, Hagar's story provides an image of survival and defiance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626980381
• ISBN13: 9781626980389
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"