Word, Like Fire: Maria Stewart, the Bible, and the Rights of African Americans

by Valerie C. Cooper

Book Overview

Maria Stewart is believed by many to have been the first American woman of any race to give public political speeches. In Word, Like Fire, Valerie C. Cooper argues that the religious, political, and social threads of Maria Stewart's thought are tightly interwoven, such that focusing narrowly on any one aspect would be to misunderstand her rhetoric. Cooper demonstrates how a certain kind of biblical interpretation can be a Rosetta Stone for understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813942624
• ISBN13: 9780813942629
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher