Ain't I a Womanist, Too?: Third Wave Womanist Religious Thought (Innovations: African American Religious Thought)

"Third wave womanism is a new movement within religious studies with deep roots in the tradition of womanist religious thought-while also departing from it in key ways. After a helpful and orienting introduction, this volume gathers essays from established and emerging scholars whose work is among the most lively and innovative scholarship today. The result is a lively conversation in which 'to question is not to disavow; to depart is not necessarily to reject' and where questioning and departing are indications of the productive growth and expansion of an important academic and religious movement."-- Provided by publisher Foreword / Layli Maparyan Introduction: Ain't I a womanist, too?: third wave womanist religious thought / Monica A. Coleman Part I. Religious pluralism. Muslim marriage: a womanist perspective on troubling U.S. traditions / Debra Majeed From mistress to mother: the religious life and transformation of Tynetta Muhammad in the Nation of Islam / Stephen C. Finley Nature, sexuality, and spirituality: a womanist reading of Di Mu (Earth Mother) and Di Mu Jing (Songs of Earth Mother) in China / Pu Xiumei Part II. Popular culture. Is this a dance floor or a revival meeting?: theological questions and challenges from the underground house music movement / Darnise C. Martin Confessions of a ex-theological bitch: the thickness of black women's exploitation between Jacquelyn Grant's "Backbone" and Michael Eric Dyson's "Theological bitch" / Elonda Clay It's deeper than rap: hip hop, the South, and Abrahamic masculinity / Ronald B. Neal Part III. Gender and sexuality. "I am a nappy-headed ho": (re)signifying "deviance" in the haraam of religious respectability / Monica R. Miller Dark matter: liminality and black queer bodies / Roger A. Sneed Invisible hands: an epistemology of black religious thought and black lesbian sexual desire that disrupts "crystallized culture" / Nessette Falu "Beyond heterosexuality": toward a prolegomenon of re-presenting black masculinity at the beginning of the post-civil rights, post-liberation era / E L Kornegay Jr. Part IV. Politics. Aesthetic pragmatism and a third wave of radical politics / Sharon D. Welch "We'll make us a world": a post-Obama politics of embodied creativity / Barbara A. Holmes Scholarly aesthetics and the religious critic: black experience as manifolds of manifestations and powers of presentations / Victor Anderson Embodying womanism: notes toward a holistic and liberating pedagogy / Arisika Razak. Third Wave Womanism Is A New Movement Within Religious Studies With Deep Roots In The Tradition Of Womanist Religious Thought While Also Departing From It In Key Ways. This Volume, Edited By Monica Coleman, Gathers Essays From Established And Emerging Scholars Whose Work Is Among The Most Lively And Innovative Scholarship Today. The Result Is A Vital Conversation In Which To Question Is Not To Disavow; To Depart Is Not Necessarily To Reject And Where Questioning And Departing Are Indications Of The Productive Growth And Expansion Of An Important Academic And Religious Movement. Part I. Religious Pluralism -- Part Ii. Popular Culture -- Part Iii. Gender And Sexuality -- Part Iv. Politics. Monica A. Coleman, Editor. Forward By Layli Maparyan. Includes Bibliographic References. Third wave womanism is a new movement within religious studies with deep roots in the tradition of womanist religious thought—while also departing from it in key ways.

After a helpful and orienting introduction, this volume gathers essays from established and emerging scholars whose work is among the most lively and innovative scholarship today.

The result is a lively conversation in which ‘to question is not to disavow; to depart is not necessarily to reject’ and where questioning and departing are indications of the productive growth and expansion of an important academic and religious movement.