My Soul Is a Witness: African-American Women's Spirituality
by Gloria Wade-Gayles
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"My Soul Is a Witness is a powerful testament to the importance of religion and spirituality in die lives of African-American women." "Through essays, poetry, prayer, and song, women of the African-American community celebrate the power of the Spirit and their connections through it. We learn of mothers who bequeath their daughters the strength for living that comes from deep faith; daughters from whose love for the Spirit emerges a love for themselves and their worth as human beings; women show more whose prayers to the Spirit release them from the pain and weight of past betrayals. From the Church of Aretha to Marie Laveau, Voudou queen, the Spirit is present in all forms of worship, working among all women."--Jacket. show lessTags
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Gloria Wade Gayles holds the Eminent Scholar's Endowed Chair at Spelman College and is a CASE Professor of Teaching Excellence for the state of Georgia. She is author of numerous books, including Pushed Back to Strength: A Black Woman's Journey Home and Rooted Against the Wind: Personal Essays, and editor of My Soul Is a Witness: African-American show more Women's Spirituality and Father Songs: Testimonies by African-American Sons and Daughters. She lives in Atlanta show less
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