Hagar's Daughters: Womanist Ways of Being in the World (Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality) [Paperback]

Diana L. Hayes (Author)

Book Description

Series: Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality | Publication Date: May 1995

A spiritual manifesto for Black women in their role as healers of church and society.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Paulist Press (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809135639
• ISBN-13: 978-0809135639
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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More About the Author

I am a Professor of Systematic Theology at Georgetown University (Washington, DC) where I have taught systematic theology since 1988. My areas of specialization include Black and Womanist Theology, American Religion, African American Religion, Black Catholic Studies, World Religions and the intersection of race, class, gender, and religion. I hold a Juris Doctor in Law from the George Washington National Law Center and a PHD in Religious Studies and the Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. I am the first and to date only African American woman to earn the Pontifical Doctorate. I have authored or co-edited 6 books with a seventh to be published in 2010 and have been awarded 3 honorary doctorates and other awards and honors.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Strength of African American women to change the world!, June 4, 2002

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This review is from: Hagar's Daughters: Womanist Ways of Being in the World (Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality) (Paperback)

Diana L. Hayes' book Hagar's Daughters is a wonderful and insightful look into the spiritual and cultural power that African American women possess. Hayes offers a historical look at the role of African American women in traditional African culture as well as the role African American women have played in the transmission of cultural and spiritual values post-slavery. Her book encourages African and African American women to utilize the power within themselves to transform our communities into places of love, growth and encouragement. Her book is also a call to revitalize the respect and reverences for the elders within the community so that all can learn and grow from the history and knowledge they possess.

While Hayes maintains Alice Walker's definition of what it means to be a womanist, she challenges those who call themselves womanists to draw out the contradictions within the black community, especially within the black church. Womanists are called to rectify the inequities of power within the black church that tend to keep women silent or simply relegate them to positions of service rather than positions of power.