xxxiv, 695, [3] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Off-white cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Gift inscription on front free endpaper from the author to Temple University history professor Ken Kusmer. The author presents "a remarkable account of the religious faith, social and political activism, and extraordinary resilience of black women during the centuries of American growth and change." -- dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright.

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Title

Jesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf, New York

Publication Date

2010

Language

English

ISBN 10

1400044200

ISBN 13

9781400044207

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

fine

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Signed by Author(s)

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Documents the role of faith, activism and resilience on the part of black women from the slave era to today, revealing how African-American women have met racism and sexism challenges to create black churches, found missionary societies and form women's conventions.

About the Author

Bettye Collier-Thomas is Professor of History at Temple University and a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She is the author of Daughters of Thunder: Black Women Preachers and Their Sermons and the editor (with V. P. Franklin) of Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights�Black Power Movement. She lives in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

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