Sisters in the Wilderness

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: 1570750262
• ISBN13: 9781570750267
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"