Joy R Bostic

Dados Biográficos

ID1593382
NOMEJoy R Bostic
PRENOMESJoy R
SOBRENOMEBostic
ASSINATURABOSTIC J R
AFILIAÇÕESCase Western Reserve University
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2013
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2014
ÍNDICE H0

  • Weaving the Spider's Web

    Joy R BosticARTICLESouls2014

    This article explores the mystical activism of nineteenth-century African American female religious leaders Jarena Lee and Rebecca Cox Jackson. It uses a composite notion of Anansi the spider as a metaphor to reveal the intricate interconnections of their sacred-social worlds. In particular, it analyzes how interpretations of Aunt Nancy the spider woman, the North American version of Anansi, relate to these women's mystical experiences and religi…

  • Guest Editors' Note

    Lester K Spence, Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs et al.ARTICLESouls2014

  • African American Female Mysticism

    Open AccessJoy R BosticBOOKAfrican American female mysticism2013

    Introduction 1. The Nineteenth-Century Contextual Landscape of African American Female Mysticism 2. On Defining Mysticism and the Sacred Social Worlds of African American Women 3. Standing Upon the Precipice: Community, Evil, and Black Female Subjectivity 4. God I Didn't Know You Were So Big: Apophatic Mysticism and Expanding World Views 5. Look at What You Have Done: Spiritual Power and Re-imagining the Divine 6. Wholly Weaving the Spider's Web:…

  • African American Female Mysticism

    Open AccessJoy R BosticBOOKPalgrave Macmillan US eBooks2013

    African-American Female Mysticism: Nineteenth Century Religious Activism is an important book-length treatment of African-American female mysticism. The primary subjects of this book are three icons o