Womanist Theology of Worship: Liturgy, Justice, and Communal Righteousness
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*Advance Praise & Reviews*
"Centers Black women's experience and calls the church to communal righteousness."-- Christian Century
"Centers Black women's experience and calls the church to communal righteousness."-- Christian Century
Examines the history of worship in the Black Church in America, the enduring effects of white supremacy on its liturgical heritage, and proffers a new liturgical paradigm, using a womanist hermeneutic, for students, liturgists, liturgical musicians and lay people.
In this "love letter to the Black Church," Dr. Lisa Allen examines the history of worship in the Black Church in America (and its legacy of equating liturgy with justice), the enduring effects of white supremacy on its liturgical heritages, and finally proffers a new liturgical paradigm, using a womanist hermeneutic, for students, liturgists, liturgical musicians, and lay people.