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Sisters in the Wilderness
- The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk
- Narrated by: Machelle Williams
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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This landmark work first published 20 years ago helped establish the field of African-American womanist theology. It is widely regarded as a classic text in the field.
In this landmark work of emerging African American womanist theology, Delores Williams finds in the biblical figure of Hagar-mother of Ishmael, cast into the desert by Abraham and Sarah, but protected by God - a prototype for the struggle of African-American women. African slave, homeless exile, surrogate mother, Hagar's story provides an image of survival and defiance appropriate to black women today.
Exploring all the themes inherent in Hagar's story-poverty and slavery, ethnicity and sexual exploitation, exile and encounters with God-Sisters in the Wilderness traces parallels in the history of African-American women from slavery to the present. A particular theology - a womanist theology - emerges from this shared experience; specifically, from the interplay of oppressions on account of race, sex, and class.
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Audible needs to allow longer headlines
- By Adam Shields on 07-28-20
By: Khyati Y. Joshi
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Strange Gods
- A Secular History of Conversion
- By: Susan Jacoby
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 19 hrs and 33 mins
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In this original and riveting exploration, Susan Jacoby argues that conversion - especially in the free American "religious marketplace" - is too often viewed only within the conventional and simplistic narrative of personal reinvention and divine grace. Instead, the author places conversions within a secular social context that has, at various times, included the force of a unified church and state, desire for upward economic mobility, and interreligious marriage.
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Our own fabrications
- By David E. Felker on 01-03-17
By: Susan Jacoby
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Confronting Injustice Without Compromising Truth
- 12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice
- By: Thaddeus J. Williams, John M. Perkins - foreword
- Narrated by: Thaddeus J. Williams, full cast
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Drawing from a diverse range of theologians, sociologists, artists, and activists, Confronting Injustice Without Compromising Truth, by Thaddeus Williams, makes the case that we must be discerning if we are to "truly execute justice" as Scripture commands. Not everything called "social justice" today is compatible with a biblical vision of a better world. The Bible offers hopeful and distinctive answers to deep questions of worship, community, salvation, and knowledge that ought to mark a uniquely Christian pursuit of justice.
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Not Injustice - Conservative Justification
- By Peter on 07-06-21
By: Thaddeus J. Williams, and others
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For the Body
- Recovering a Theology of Gender, Sexuality, and the Human Body
- By: Timothy C. Tennent, Ajith Fernando - foreword
- Narrated by: Josh Childs
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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The human body is an amazing gift, yet today, many people downplay its importance and fail to understand what Christianity teaches about our bodies and their God-given purposes. Many people misunderstand how the body was designed, its role in relating to others; and we lack awareness of the dangers of objectifying the body, divorcing it from its intended purpose.
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Well done
- By Adam Moore on 03-26-21
By: Timothy C. Tennent, and others
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The Cross and the Lynching Tree
- By: James H. Cone
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
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The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful work, theologian James H. Cone explores these symbols and their interconnection in the history and souls of black folk.
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Great work to listen to on July 4th 2020
- By Jason Como on 07-04-20
By: James H. Cone
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Thinking Through Paul: Audio Lectures
- A Survey of His Life, Letters, and Theology
- By: Bruce W. Longenecker, Todd D. Still
- Narrated by: Bruce W. Longenecker, Todd D. Still
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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The study of Paul and his letters can be exciting, challenging, and life-changing, but only if it is done well and only if listeners achieve more than a basic familiarity with the subject. This is exactly what Pauline experts Bruce W. Longenecker and Todd D. Still accomplish with Thinking Through Paul: Audio Lectures.
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Very interesting and useful resource
- By NOAH T. SMITH on 03-09-23
By: Bruce W. Longenecker, and others
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African Europeans
- An Untold History
- By: Olivette Otele
- Narrated by: Olivette Otele
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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Conventional wisdom holds that Africans are only a recent presence in Europe. But in African Europeans, renowned historian Olivette Otele debunks this and uncovers a long history of Europeans of African descent. From the third century, when the Egyptian Saint Maurice became the leader of a Roman legion, all the way up to the present, Otele explores encounters between those defined as "Africans" and those called "Europeans."
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A fascinating overview of overlooked history
- By Scott GG Haller on 09-25-21
By: Olivette Otele
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Anne Hutchinson
- A Captivating Guide to the Puritan Leader in Colonial Massachusetts Who Is Considered to Be One of the Earliest American Feminists
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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If you want to discover the captivating life of Anne Hutchinson, then pay attention.... Her steps were determined and steady, even though the plank of the wooden ship bobbed up and down in the glittering but frigid water that splashed against the wet dock. In the first light of day, these were the times tinged with the hues of promise shadowed only by the vague unknown. Anne Hutchinson was just a follower, or so she thought, but she had many queued up behind her as she followed her spiritual mentor to Boston in the early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Good Book
- By Amazon Customer on 06-04-22
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The Founding Myth
- Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
- By: Andrew L. Seidel, Susan Jacoby - Foreword
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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Do "In God We Trust", the Declaration of Independence, and other historical "evidence" prove that America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles? Are the Ten Commandments the basis for American law? A constitutional attorney dives into the debate about religion's role in America's founding.
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Just 2 Issues
- By VIPER G on 09-01-19
By: Andrew L. Seidel, and others
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Good Without God
- What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe
- By: Greg Epstein
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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A provocative and positive response to Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and other New Atheists, Good Without God makes a bold claim for what nonbelievers do share and believe. Epstein's Good Without God provides a constructive, challenging response to these manifestos by getting to the heart of Humanism and its positive belief in tolerance, community, morality, and good without having to rely on the guidance of a higher being.
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Speaker sounds too robotic
- By Lisa S. on 08-27-21
By: Greg Epstein
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The Democratization of American Christianity
- By: Nathan O. Hatch
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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The half century following the American Revolution witnessed the transformation of American Christianity. The passion for equality, says Hatch, brought about a crisis or religious authority in popular culture, introduced new and popular forms of theology, witnessed the rise of minority religious movements, reshaped preaching, singing, and publishing, and became a scriptural foundation for 19th century American individualism.
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Wow, eye opening
- By Dusty Jackson on 01-06-21
By: Nathan O. Hatch
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- Shernard Robinson
- 10-25-23
A Must Read
What’s interesting about this conversation is how black women birth into consciousness spirituality. I hadn’t thought about that before, or the implications of “segregated” worship: male worship (and the inherent practices per denomination) and female worship (and the inherent “social” practices and norms per denomination) coupled with race, class, and geography.
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-15-23
Must read
I wish that i had read this earlier in my life! Recommend this to anyone who cares about God's love.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-11-21
important and powerful
This narration is excellent and allowed me to hear the book in a unique way even as I had the physical book at hand for reference.
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- Jasmine
- 01-04-23
Spoke to so many of my personal experiences
Very thought provoking and life changing. As a Black Woman and Christian, I’m so grateful to have stumbled upon this theological perspective that recognizes, honors, and bravely explores this intersectional aspect of my life and the lives of so many.
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- eyepeace
- 07-30-23
Great writing and informative.
I wish to applaud the author for her outstanding scholarship. I am so glad to that this book was in my rotation to read.
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- Astra P. Brantley
- 11-04-22
Valuable book!
This analysis of sexism in the church prompted me to consider the fruit of the poisonous tree that has contaminated the whole nation including church and state. The Black church rewards our males because they were victims of racism while the white church worships the most racist, unChristlike man they could find. We’re Black women any less victimized than Black men? When it comes to Black men are those footprints in the sand Christ’s or a Black woman’s? Now, Black men are saying that Black women hate them because Black men have taught their women and children that the community can survive despite them,Black women whether CEOs, mammies or sex workers have supported their men’s egos be they school drop-outs, ex-offenders or confidence men, etc. Black women have been superwomen that Black men took for granted.
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