When Momma Speaks: The Bible and Motherhood from a Womanist Perspective

by Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder

Book Overview

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 mothersHagar, Rizpah, Bathsheba, Mary, the Canaanite woman, and Zebedee's wifecan be powerful sources for critical reflection, identification, and empowerment. Crowder also explores historical understandings of motherhood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664239250
• ISBN13: 9780664239251
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"