If It Wasn't for the Women Religion_ Religion & Science and highlights some of their

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creative nonfiction

The Widow and the Unjust Judge

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If It Wasn't for the Women Religion_ Religion & Science and highlights some of theirThese 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