Black mothering as spiritual praxis: Engendering a multigenerational leadership paradigm
Moral autobiography, as defined by eco-womanist scholar Melanie Harris, is in keeping with the womanist ethical task of uncovering Black women’s stories and highlighting their experience as an important source for their moral framework. This article encompasses the moral autobiography of my grandmot...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: |
Review and expositor
Year: 2021, Volume: 118, Issue: 3, Pages: 358-366 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Black Christianity
B Sankofa B Psalm 78 B Mothering B Afro-phobia B Womanist B orisas |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Moral autobiography, as defined by eco-womanist scholar Melanie Harris, is in keeping with the womanist ethical task of uncovering Black women’s stories and highlighting their experience as an important source for their moral framework. This article encompasses the moral autobiography of my grandmother, Mama Eva R. Bird, whose theo-ethical response to the oppression of Black communities between the 1960s and 1980s led her and her husband, Rev. Van S. Bird, to open their home and their heart to activists in Philadelphia’s Black Liberation Movement. This article highlights the African heritage of mothering as central to the formation and sustenance of communities and as a valuable source for womanist interpretation. This article also introduces a decolonizing methodology, a Sankofic ethic of survival that challenges intellectual colonization and the proliferation of Afro-phobic discourse in Black religious and cultural spaces. |
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| ISSN: | 2052-9449 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review and expositor
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00346373211070628 |
