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Vashti's victory and other biblical women resisting injustice / LaVerne McCain Gill.

By: Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Pilgrim Press, 2003Description: xvii, 108 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780829815214
  • 082981521X
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Contents:
Introduction : what's behind the title? -- The Vashti victory : biblical women resisting injustice -- The Moses event : the women surrounding Moses' birth and childhood -- Michal : losing her song in the midst of resistance -- Daughters of Zelophehad : women who say 'no' to economic injustice -- Susanna : God rewards the faithful -- The anointing at Bethany : a woman's prophetic act -- Epilogue.
Review: "In Vashti's Victory, Gill examines and discusses six Bible stories of women who rebelled against oppression in order to have God's work made manifest in the world. Using the "Justice Reading Strategy" she employed in her book Daughters of gignity : African Women of the Bible and the Virtues of black womanhood (The Pilgrim Press, 2000), Gill goes beyond the biblical narratives that direct attention to the primarily male leaders, and instead focuses on a more holistic view of the story -- a view that seeks discernment about God's purpose in the narrative rather than the human preoccupation with heroes and heroines ... These women are compared to contemporary women ... who have said 'no' to economic, political, religious, and cultural oppression"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-108).

Introduction : what's behind the title? -- The Vashti victory : biblical women resisting injustice -- The Moses event : the women surrounding Moses' birth and childhood -- Michal : losing her song in the midst of resistance -- Daughters of Zelophehad : women who say 'no' to economic injustice -- Susanna : God rewards the faithful -- The anointing at Bethany : a woman's prophetic act -- Epilogue.

"In Vashti's Victory, Gill examines and discusses six Bible stories of women who rebelled against oppression in order to have God's work made manifest in the world. Using the "Justice Reading Strategy" she employed in her book Daughters of gignity : African Women of the Bible and the Virtues of black womanhood (The Pilgrim Press, 2000), Gill goes beyond the biblical narratives that direct attention to the primarily male leaders, and instead focuses on a more holistic view of the story -- a view that seeks discernment about God's purpose in the narrative rather than the human preoccupation with heroes and heroines ... These women are compared to contemporary women ... who have said 'no' to economic, political, religious, and cultural oppression"--Page 4 of cover.

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