Sisters of Dust, Sisters of Spirit

by Baker-Fletcher, Karen

• ISBN13: 9780800630775
• ISBN10: 0800630777
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub

Summary

Karen Baker-Fletcher cultivates the earthy potential of black womanism. In her rich prose and poetry, she combines reflection on her own journey with a keen awareness of environmental racism and a constructive religious vision. She seeks to recover and renew the strong historic tie of black and native peoples to the land, often broken by migration and urbanization. And she deftly tills the biblical and literary metaphors of dust and spirit to address the embodiment of God, Spirit, Christ, creation, and humans, seeding a powerful justice-oriented spirituality of creation.
Its earnest, reflective character makes this small volume ideal for individual, adult-study, or classroom use - by all who wish to grow closer to the earth and to God.

Author Biography

Karen Baker-Fletcher is Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at the Claremont School of Theology, California.

Table of Contents

The Sisterist Twist
Prelude	p. 1
Dust and Spirit	p. 13
To Live as People of Dust and Spirit	p. 15
Nativity and Wildness	p. 21
Why the Hurricane?	p. 29
Gardening and Ancestry	p. 37
Earth Cries for Healing	p. 47
Re-Membering Who We Are	p. 49
A Time to Heal	p. 59
Sisterist Voices, Sisterist Memories	p. 67
What about the Children?	p. 77
Loves the Folk, Loves the Spirit, Loves the Self, Regardless	p. 81
Sojourning for Healing and Wholeness	p. 83
Lost World	p. 95
Natural Colors and Womanist Wear	p. 101
Loves the Spirit	p. 109
On Earth as It Is in Heaven	p. 117
Postlude	p. 129
Notes	p. 132
Acknowledgments	p. 137
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