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Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880-1920
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
(Author)
Description
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham gives us our first full account of the crucial role of black women in making the church a powerful institution for social and political change in the black community. Focusing on the National Baptist Convention, the largest religious movement among black Americans, Higginbotham shows us how women were largely responsible for making the church a force for self-help. She reveals, too, the challenges of black women to patriarchal theology. At once tough-minded and engaging, this book is central to an understanding of African-American social and cultural life and a critical chapter in the history of religion in America.Product Details
Price
$41.40
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publish Date
March 15, 1994
Pages
320
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.9 inches | 0.95 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780674769786
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About the Author
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham is Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African American Studies at Harvard University.
Reviews
Higginbotham has pioneered a study of a long-neglected component of the African-American experience. This book is a powerful and compelling story of the religious life of African-American women and their resistance to racism and sexism. Through Higginbotham's work, the voices of African-American women, which have remained silent too long, emerge distinct and bold.--Jill Watts "Journal of American History "
A landmark contribution to American religious history.--Choice
If the period was so important for women but simultaneously a low point for black Americans as a group, then how should we understand the apparently contradictory politics of that time? Righteous Discontent accentuates the positive, finding in the contradiction 'a creative tension that both motivated and empowered black women to speak out.' Ms. Higginbotham moves beyond the dichotomous thinking that has often short-circuited our attempts to understand the situation of black women... An important, sophisticated, and richly instructive book.--Suzanne Lebsock "New York Times Book Review "
Higginbotham's book is populated with fascinating and accomplished women... [Her] research is impeccable and her work both ambitious and important. Righteous Discontent contributes significantly to the still underappreciated history of the black church in America.--Adele Logan Alexander "Washington Post Book World "
A landmark contribution to American religious history.--Choice
If the period was so important for women but simultaneously a low point for black Americans as a group, then how should we understand the apparently contradictory politics of that time? Righteous Discontent accentuates the positive, finding in the contradiction 'a creative tension that both motivated and empowered black women to speak out.' Ms. Higginbotham moves beyond the dichotomous thinking that has often short-circuited our attempts to understand the situation of black women... An important, sophisticated, and richly instructive book.--Suzanne Lebsock "New York Times Book Review "
Higginbotham's book is populated with fascinating and accomplished women... [Her] research is impeccable and her work both ambitious and important. Righteous Discontent contributes significantly to the still underappreciated history of the black church in America.--Adele Logan Alexander "Washington Post Book World "
