If It Wasn't for the Women
Black Women's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2591529 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Virginia S Fink (University of Colorado Denver, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 264 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | If It Wasn't for the Women…: Black Women's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community, Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, 2000 |
| Venue | Sociology of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1069-4404 • E-ISSN: 1759-8818 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3712575 |
| OpenAlex | W1988276319 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Journal Article If it Wasn't for the Women: Black Women's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community, by Cheryl Townsend Gilkes. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2001, 253 pp. $24.00 (paper) Get access Virginia S. Fink Virginia S. Fink University of Colorado, Denver Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 63, Issue 2, Summer 2002, Pages 264–265, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712575 Published: 01 July 2002
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