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Delores Williams
To shade in a context, to find a usable past so that we can construct a redemptive present.
Delores William provides a sociohistorical approach to womanist theology
Faith: Christianity
Country: United States
About
Delores Williams is associate professor of theology and culture at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and a contributing editor of Christianity and Crisis.
She is known especially for her articulation of womanist theology. Williams’ theology critically explores the interplay of theory and method, faith and reason, race and gender, and history and culture in Black theological scholarship. She reinterprets Biblical texts to offer gateway of liberation to black women. For example, she uses Hagar as a biblical narrative to exemplify challenges that black women have faced throughout the ages. Hagar symbolizes survival in the midst of adversity and great power.
According to Williams, Hagar is the first woman in the Bible to liberate herself from oppressive power structure. Her scholarly contribution extends far beyond the parameters of the African American intellectual tradition and encompasses an impressive legacy of domestic and international scholarly activism
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Delores Williams: Feminists Nurture a More Tolerant Christianity
