With her husband and their five children, Dyer had been a Shaker for two years, but as her husband grew... Læs mere
Transformative Pastoral Leadership in the Black Church offers practical wisdom from comparative analysis of the experiences of a male pastor and a female pastor in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
This book chronicles American history through the stories of the individuals and movements that dreamed of a better future and... Læs mere
Previous studies in the area have been restricted to associating the Hamitic idea with pro-slavery... Læs mere
Beyond the Frame explores the importance of visual images in the identities and material conditions of women of color as they relate to social power, oppression, and resistance.
The first anthology on female evangelists and their history in the United States, from the 1700s to the present.
This book explores literature in its role as a sacred text within the confines of 19th-century French primary and secondary education, helping the school to take over the role of spiritual authority from the Catholic Church.
Remembering Maternal Bodies is a collection of essays about the writings of several Latina and Latin American women writers who remember their mothers, and/or challenge our commonly held beliefs about motherhood and maternity, in an effort to stop depression and melancholy.
Drawing on a wide range of material from art, theater, music, and literature, Contreras argues that historical memory is embedded in... Læs mere
Using the Pagans as a case study, Barner-Barry shows how their experiences demonstrate that both the law affecting nondominant religions and the judiciary that interprets this law are significantly biased in favor of the dominant religion, Christianity.
This book describes and explains the fundamental changes that are now taking place in the most traditional areas of humanities theory and method, scholarship and education.
What was the role played by local police volunteers in the Holocaust? Outnumbering German police manpower in these areas, the local police were the foot-soldiers of the Holocaust in the east.