If It Wasn't for the Women Religion_ Religion & Science a popular writer and speaker

a popular writer and speaker

is director of the Institute for Dialogue with Cultures and Religions in Chennai (formerly Madras)

Anderson is former director of the Overseas Ministries Study Center (OMSC) in New Haven

The Widow and the Unjust Judge

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If It Wasn't for the Women Religion_ Religion & Science a popular writer and speakerThese collected essays examine the roles of women in their churches and communities, the implication of those roles for African American culture, and the tensions and stereotypes that shape societal responses to these roles. Gilkes examines the ways black women and their experience shape the culture and consciousness of the black religious experience, and reflects on some of the crises and conflicts that attend this experience. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes