Prophesying daughters : Black women preachers and the Word, 1823-1913

Prophesying daughters : Black women preachers and the Word, 1823-1913 / Chanta M. Haywood.

Author/creator	Haywood, Chanta M., 1968-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2003.
Description	xiii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	African American women clergy--History --19th century. African American women clergy--History --20th century. Prophecy--Christianity --History.

Contents	The prophesying daughters : biographical and historical background -- The act of prophesying : nineteenth-century Black women preachers and Black literary history -- Prophetic change : Jarena Lee's and Julia Foote's uses of conversion rhetoric in the context of reader distrust -- Prophetic journeying : the trope of travel in Black women preachers' narratives -- Prophetic reading : Black women preachers and biblical interpretation -- Prophetic works : prophesying daughters and social activism--the case of Frances Joseph Gaudet -- Can I get a witness? : the implications of prophesying for African American literary studies.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-137) and index.
LCCN	2003000562
ISBN	0826214673 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	BR563.B53 H39 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold