Towards a Womanist Pneumatological Pedagogy

Reading and Re-reading the Bible from British Black Women's Perspectives

Bibliographic Data

ID20209544
AuthorsMaxine Howell (University of Birmingham, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume7
Issue1
Pages86-99
Publication date2009-10-09
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBlack Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1476-9948 • E-ISSN: 1743-1670
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1558/blth.v7i1.86
OpenAlexW2056202171
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

This article illustrates British Black women's hermeneutical approach to reading and retelling biblical narratives in such a way that they unearth rather than bury the vitality and centrality of women, Black people and the poor in the fulfilment of the gospel. Based on an ethnographic study of six Black women (including the author) in one-to-one Bible study sessions engaging with the Mary and Martha texts, it highlights how Black women rely on an experiential knowledge base that reflects a Black feminist epistemology, which moves, in turn, towards a Womanist Pneumatological Pedagogy (WPP). Thus, it argues that the key anti-oppressive reading strategy employed by Black women is an expanded experiential imagination which allows them to transpose and/or link their marginalized experiences/stories onto/with the marginalized biblical characters. In this way they enhance their understanding of God

Aesthetics · African american · Art · Black church · Black feminism · Black theology · Black women · Experiential learning · Gospel · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Pedagogy · Reading (process) · Sociology · Spirituality · Anthropology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies · Theological Perspectives and Practices

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