ABSTRACT
Following on the heels of The Womanist Reader, The Womanist Idea offers a comprehensive, systematic analysis of womanism, including a detailed discussion of the womanist worldview (cosmology, ontology, epistemology, logic, axiology, and methodology) and its implications for activism. From a womanist perspective, social and ecological change is necessarily undergirded by spirituality – as distinct from religion per se – which invokes a metaphysically informed approach to activism.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |141 pages
The Metaphysical Architecture of the Womanist Idea
chapter |12 pages
Luxocracy: Rule by Light
chapter |18 pages
Womanist Worldview/womanism as Spiritual Movement
chapter |35 pages
Womanist Methodology: Transforming Consciousness, Changing The World
chapter |28 pages
A Spiritual Archaeology of the Womanist Idea
chapter |28 pages
Spiritual Activism: A Womanist Approach
part |145 pages
Womanist Spiritual Activism: five case studies
chapter |24 pages
The Alchemy of Forgiveness: Immaculée Ilibagiza and Left to Tell
chapter |30 pages
Turning a Prison Into an Ashram: Kiran Bedi and It's Always Possible
chapter |24 pages
Speaking Truth Inside Power: Pregs Govender's Love and Courage
part |31 pages
Beyond womanism