This Far By Faith Readings in African-American Women's Religious Biography [Paperback]

This Far By Faithbrings together a collection of essays on the religious identities and experiences of African-American women. Spanning from the period of slavery to the present, the essays profile American figures such as Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Willie Mae Ford Smith, exploring the role that religious institutions and impulses played in their lives.Judith Weisenfeldis Assistant Professor of Religion at Barnard College. Richard Newmanis with the DuBois Institute, Harvard University.