A Womanist Holistic Soteriology: Stitching Fabrics with Fine Threads

Lahronda Welch Little

doi:10.5771/9781666925890

Summary

A Womanist Holistic Soteriology: Stitching Fabrics with Fine Threads is a construction of womanist holistic soteriology that is inclusive of many voices and perspectives and promotes communal responsibility. A soteriology that considers notions of personhood, theology, spirituality, and praxeology is holistic, inclusive, and grace-filled.

This soteriological study begins with a historical overview of the development of notions of salvation beginning in ancient Egyptian thought and the concept of Ma’at—balance, wholeness, and moral ethics. Lahronda Welch Little conducts an exploration of the word “salvation” in different West African languages and reveals more expansive narratives around salvation that do not subjugate human beings, but rather encourage agency and celebrate the beingness of God’s creation.

Grounded in womanist and Black feminist discourse and methodology, this rendition of womanist holistic soteriology holds notions of grace, agency, and spirituality by stitching together interviews with theologians, scholars, and practitioners, utilizing the philosophical concepts of binary complementarity and holism, and sharing what womanist holistic soteriology as praxis looks like in a communal setting.

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Edition: 1/2023
Copyright Year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-2588-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-2589-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 152
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
Unfolding Stories, Entwining Strands No access Pages 15 - 46
Wesleyan Grace and the Ongoing Work of Salvation for Today No access Pages 47 - 66
Womanist Methodology No access Pages 67 - 88
Threads of Black Women’s Theological and Philosophical Discourse in the Retrieval of Salvific Langu No access Pages 89 - 114
The Weaving Together of Voices and Practices No access Pages 115 - 136
Bibliography No access Pages 137 - 144
Index No access Pages 145 - 150
About the Author No access Pages 151 - 152