ABSTRACT
This Far By Faith brings together a collection of essays on the religious identities and experiences of African-American women. Spanning from the period of slavery to the present, the essays profile American figures such as Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Willie Mae Ford Smith, exploring the role that religious institutions and impulses played in their lives.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|52 pages
African-American Women's Religious Arts
part 2|115 pages
African-American Women and Church Institutions
part 3|49 pages
African-American Women and Christian Missions
part 4|76 pages
African-American Women, Religion, and Activism
