LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 16:4 April 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

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Sisters in the Wilderness by Delores Williams

Selvi Bunce


Abstract

As the forerunner of Womanist theology, Delores Williams has offered a theological response to the oppression and defilement of black women. Black women are oppressed by two sides: white mainstream society, and the patriarchal culture of black men. Because of this, neither North American Liberation theology nor Feminist theology is adequate to represent the situation of the black woman in America. Therefore, black women’s oppression clearly deepens the analysis of oppression in theology. The main thesis of Sisters in the Wilderness is created by using stories from the Bible to trace parallels with the experiences of black women from slavery to the present day.

Keywords: Womanist theology, Sisters in the Wilderness, oppression of women, Hagar, surrogacy and wilderness.

Williams’ Womanism

The past fifty years have seen major growth in the theological realm. Liberation theology and Feminist theology are two new theologies that have been added to the list of concentrations, but the most recent one is Womanist theology. As the forerunner of Womanist theology, Delores Williams has offered a theological response to the oppression and defilement of black women. Williams’ womanism is an approach to theology and ethics from the all too often ignored viewpoint of the black woman in America.

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Selvi Bunce
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