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Can I get a witness? : prophetic religious voices of African American women : an anthology by Marcia Y. Riggs; with biographical sketches and selected bibliography by Barbara Holmes is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Assembling A Chorus Of Voices From History, Can I Get A Witness? Chronicles African American Women's Lives As Faithful Witnesses To The Prophetic Dimensions Of The Gospel, From Slavery Times To The Present. Using Touchstones Of Significant Moments - Slavery And Emancipation, The Great Awakening And Suffragism, Women's Clubs And Missionary Movements, And The Great Civil Rights Struggles - Can I Get A Witness? Documents The Crucial Links Between Faith And The Struggle For Justice That Forms The Basis Of The Contemporary Womanist Movement. Many African American Women, Famous Or Not, Are Represented, Including Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells-barnett, Mary Mcleod Bethune, Fannie Lou Hamer, Shirley Chisholm, And Many Others. Whether Confessional, Homiletic, Political, Or Poetic, Their Voices Bear Witness On The Part Of African American Women To The God Who Created, Redeemed, And Sustained Them For The Work Of Liberation. --book Jacket. Not By The Commission Of Men's Hands / Elizabeth -- My Call To Preach The Gospel ; The Subject Of My Call To Preach Renewed / Jarena Lee -- Conversion And Call ; Call To Ministry ; On Racial Prejudice ; Proclaiming The Gospel In The Slave Sta

Author

Marcia Y. Riggs; with biographical sketches and selected bibliography by Barbara Holmes

Publisher

Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781570751134

Subjects

Religion, Christian, Social Science

Rating

4.6 / 5 (18 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14