Synopses & Reviews
Review
"These itinerant black women preachers whose autobiogaphies occasionally read like travelogues--or in the case of Maria Stewart, a mournful adieu upon embarkation--were living out on the geographical landscape the metaphor of their psychic and spiritual journey, were literalizing the quest for a locus of freedom..."--Sue E. Houchins, in her Introduction
"Thanks to Sue Houchins and the Schomburg Library for making these texts available, expecially the writings of Maria Stewart and Jarena Lee. They revolutionize staid conceptions of religious experience, American Christianity, and the spirituality of politics and history. These are the classics that students need to read."--Jennifer Rycenga, Pomona College
Review
"These itinerant black women preachers whose autobiographies occasionally read like travelogues--or in the case of Maria Stewart, a mournful adieu upon embarkation--were living out on the geographical landscape the metaphor of their psychic and spiritual journey, were literalizing the quest for a
locus of freedom..."--Sue E. Houchins, in her Introduction