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In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Broadleaf Books
  • 13.4 x 20.4 x 1.7 cm

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""In a world eager to promote the newest wunderkind, grandmother theology carries us two or more generations back: to the kitchens, hair salons, gardens, and church basements of older Black women who are often invisible in theological discourse but without whom the American Christian church would cease to exist.""

The church mothers who raised Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University School of Divinity, were busily focused on her survival. In a world hostile to Black women's bodies and spirits, they had to be. Born on a former cotton plantation and having fled the terrors of the South, Pierce's grandmother raised her in the faith inherited from those who were enslaved. Now in paperback, In My Grandmother's House follows Pierce as she reckons with that tradition, building an everyday womanist theology rooted in liberating scriptures, experiences in the Black church, and truths from Black women's lives. Pierce tells stories that center the experiences of those living on the underside of history, teasing out the tensions of race, spirituality, trauma, freedom, resistance, and memory. The paperback features a new readers' guide, written by the author, that is useful for individual reflection and group discussion.

A grandmother's theology carries wisdom strong enough for future generations. The Divine has been showing up at the kitchen tables of Black women for a long time. It's time to get to know that God.

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  • Author

    Yolanda Pierce Pierce

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Broadleaf Books

  • Published

    February 2023

  • Weight

    205g

  • Dimensions

    13.4 x 20.4 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781506484662

  • ISBN-10

    1506484662

  • Eden Code

    5694669

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