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Delores Seneva Williams (November 17, 1934 – November 17, 2022) [7] was an American Presbyterian theologian and professor notable for her formative role in the development of womanist theology and best known for her book Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk.
Womanist theology is a methodological approach to theology which centers the experience and perspectives of Black women, particularly African-American women. The first generation of womanist theologians and ethicists began writing in the mid to late 1980s, and the field has since expanded significantly.
She depicts black women's embodied knowledge as a creative force. The task of the womanist ethicist, she insisted, is to uncover and comprehend it. [18] Cannon's first full-length book, Black Womanist Ethics, published in 1988, was a groundbreaking text, and is considered to have launched the field of womanist ethics. [19]
It became known as The Proverbial Experience, which Briggs describes as an “African-centered, womanist series of spiritual gatherings to nourish the soul.” In two years, Briggs grew her church ...
Jacquelyn Grant is widely regarded as an important "womanist theologian." Her 1989 book White Women's Christ and Black Women's Jesus: Feminist Christology and Womanist Response was a best seller. The text lays out the complex relationship between Christology and feminism. In it, Grant centers the voices of black women and the intersections ...
Pages in category "Womanist theologians" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Katie Cannon;
Womanist theologians, such as Delores Williams, have critiqued Cone for both male-centered language and for not including the experiences of black women in his sources. Williams, in 1993, acknowledged in a footnote in her book Sisters in the Wilderness , that Cone has modified exclusive language for the reprinting of his works and acknowledged ...
Mary Shawn Copeland (born August 24, 1947), known professionally as M. Shawn Copeland, is a retired American womanist and Black Catholic theologian, and a former religious sister. She is professor emerita of systematic theology at Boston College and is known for her work in theological anthropology, political theology, and African American ...