A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
Accessible womanist theology rooted in Black women's lives, liberating Scripture, inherited faith, memory, trauma, resistance, and faith.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It locates theological authority in lives and communities often treated as background to official leadership. The essays help travelers see reclamation as both critique of harmful religion and recovery of a sustaining inheritance.
Good starting place if…
You want a womanist account of how Black women's biblical wisdom, survival, testimony, and spiritual authority can sustain faith while challenging the church's exclusions.
Know before you begin…
Pierce writes from Black church experience and centers the knowledge carried by Black women, including grandmothers and community elders. The book is not a general introduction to womanist theology or a claim that the Black church is one uniform experience.