Outcasts in the Deserts of Hopelessness

Abstract

It was not until Delores Williams’ Sisters in the Wilderness that Black women’s experiences and modes of survival were given theological voice as a companion and/or corrective to the dominant mode of liberation found in Black Theology. This womanist response helped provide a thicker description of Black religious thought and modes of being—female and male. I explore what this expanded discourse has been used in womanist social ethics and ongoing battle that Black folk wage for our humanity.

Repository attribution: Emilie M. Townes. Outcasts in the Deserts of Hopelessness. Black Theology Papers Project, 4(1), issue year 2018; article page publication date 2019-11-18. Original: source article. DOI: 10.7916/btpp.v4i1.3868. Original PDF reproduced without changes under CC BY 4.0. No endorsement is implied. Copyright (c) 2019 Emilie M. Townes