My Soul is a Witness

My Soul Is a Witness is a remarkable testament to the importance of religion and spirituality in the lives of African-American women. My Soul Is a Witness is a powerful testament to the importance of religion and spirituality in die lives of African-American women." "Through essays, poetry, prayer, and song, women of the African-American community celebrate the power of the Spirit and their connections through it. We learn of mothers who bequeath their daughters the strength for living that comes from deep faith; daughters from whose love for the Spirit emerges a love for themselves and their worth as human beings; women whose prayers to the Spirit release them from the pain and weight of past betrayals. From the Church of Aretha to Marie Laveau, Voudou queen, the Spirit is present in all forms of worship, working among all women. "As a resource for teaching history, religion, African American studies, gender studies and liberation theologies, the volume is a jewel which belongs in libraries, churches, classrooms and homes of women and men of all colors, cultures and religions." --The Women's Review of Books "Though considerations of the spirituality of African American women are not new, the attempt to examine these issues and their expression across literary genres and specific religious denominations are rare: This is the contribution of 'My Soul Is a Witness: African-American Women's Spirituality,' an ambitious and much-needed text."