Sisters of Dust, Sisters of Spirit

Download or read book Sisters of Dust, Sisters of Spirit written by Karen Baker-Fletcher and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 1997-12-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karen Baker-Fletcher cultivates the earthy potential of black womanism. In her rich prose and poetry, she combines reflection on her own journey with a keen awareness of environmental racism and a constructive religious vision. She seeks to recover and renew the strong historic tie of black and native peoples to the land, often broken by migration and urbanization. And she deftly tills the biblical and literary metaphors of dust and spirit to address the embodiment of God, Spirit, Christ, creation, and humans, seeding a powerful justice-oriented spirituality of creation. Its earnest, reflective character makes this small volume ideal for individual, adult-study, or classroom use - by all who wish to grow closer to the earth and to God.