TY  - BOOK
AU  - Westfield, N. Lynne
TI  -  Dear sisters : a womanist practice of hospitality
SN  - 0829814493
U1  - 268.082 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Cleveland
PB  - The Pilgrim Press
KW  - African American women -  Religious life
KW  - African American women -  Social conditions.
KW  - African American women -  Social life and customs
KW  - Christian Education
KW  - Hospitality - United States
KW  - Womanist Theology
N1  - What allows African American women not just to survive, but to become resilient? N. Lynne Westfield finds an answer to this question as she examines the Dear Sisters' Literary Group. As a Womanist scholar, Westfield reflects on the ways in which the hospitality of the group relates to the long-standing African American tradition of concealed gatherings, the Christian tradition of hospitality, and Christian education
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