Black womanist ethics (American Academy of Religion academy series)

Black womanist ethics (American Academy of Religion academy series) by Cannon, Katie G. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781555402150.

This study articulates the distinctive moral character of the Afro-American womens community. Beginning with a reconstructive history of the Afro-American womans situation in America, Katie G. Cannon goes on to trace the emergence of the Black womans literary tradition and explain its importance in expressing the moral wisdom of Black women. The life and work of Zora Neale Hurston are examined in detail for her unique contributions to the moral tradition of the Afro-American woman. A final chapter initiates a promising exchange between the works of Hurston and those of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr.