Freedom faith : the womanist vision of Prathia Hall

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Label

Freedom faith : the womanist vision of Prathia Hall

Title remainder

the womanist vision of Prathia Hall

Statement of responsibility

by Courtney Pace

Creator

• Pace, Courtney, 1984-

Author

• Pace, Courtney, 1984-

Subject

• African American feminists -- Biography
• African American women civil rights workers -- Biography
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century
• Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography
• African American Baptists -- Biography
• Hall, Prathia LauraAnn
• Hall, Prathia LauraAnn -- Political and social views
• Hall, Prathia LauraAnn -- Religion
• Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• African American civil rights workers -- Biography

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

"Freedom Faith is the first critical biography of Rev. Dr. Prathia Laura Ann Hall (1940-2002), a leader in the Civil Rights Movement whose story has not yet been told. Hall's 'freedom faith' was the belief that God created humans to be free and assists and equips those who work for freedom. Phrased more colloquially, Hall defined freedom faith as: 'This sense that I'm not a nigger, I'm not a gal, not a boy. I'm God's child. It may cost me my job, it may cost me my life, but I want to be free. So I'm going to go down to the courthouse, I'm going to sign my name. I'm going to trust God to take me there...and bring me back. That's freedom faith.' Freedom faith was the central concept of Hall's theology, and this study examines her life and philosophy, particularly through the lens of her civil rights activism, her teaching career, and her ministry as a womanist preacher. Moving through the course of her life, Freedom Faith focuses on her intellectual and theological development, and her radiating influence on such figures as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Alice Walker. Hall was one of the first women ordained in the American Baptist Association, was the pastor of Mt. Sharon Baptist Church in Philadelphia, and in later life joined the faculty at the Boston University School of Theology as the Martin Luther King Chair in Social Ethics. In all of these roles, Hall was a pioneer, fusing rigorous feminist thought with Christian ethics and visions of social justice"--

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Provided by publisher

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

323.092

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

LC call number

E185.97.H246

LC item number

P33 2019eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography