Melanie L. Harris dives into the spirituality and life work of Alice Walker, literary genius and poet. Through the lens of Womanist ethics, Harris takes an inside look into the virtues and values that can be lifted from a study of Walker s non-fiction work. This work enlivens the debate in African and African American religious thought about the fluidity of spirituality and widens the conversation to encourage readers to embrace religious traditions inclusive of and beyond Christianity as the foundations for empowerment of both women and ethical values.

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Melanie L. Harris is Associate Professor of Religion and Ethics in the Department of Religion, Texas Christian University, USA.

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Book Title: Gifts of Virtue, Alice Walker, and Womanist Ethics
Authors: Melanie L. Harris
Series Title: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230113930
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-61511-3Published: 17 November 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-35602-4Published: 18 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11393-0Published: 25 October 2010
Series ISSN: 2945-6975
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6983
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 178
Topics: Literary Theory, Religious Studies, general, North American Literature, Philosophy of Religion, African American Culture, Religion and Gender

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