Womanist theology, epistemology, and a new anthropological paradigm

Author: Linda E. Thomas
Date: Winter 1998
From: CrossCurrents(Vol. 48, Issue 4)
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Document Type: Article
Length: 4,655 words
Abstract :

African American women's experiences of oppression and marginalization have led them to espouse a religious framework that would give them the regard society has deprived them. They preach a God that is accessible to all, most especially the downtrodden. As such, this theology embraces not only the Black women, but also women and minorities suffering discrimination, the poor, sexual deviants and even nature, deemed a victim of environmental exploiters. It advocates an anthropology that presents these people's history and culture from their own perspectives.
Source Citation
Thomas, Linda E. "Womanist theology, epistemology, and a new anthropological paradigm." CrossCurrents, vol. 48, no. 4, winter 1998, p. 488. link.gale.com/apps/doc/A54064297/AONE?u=gale&sid=bookmark-AONE. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
  

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