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America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to a New America | Jim Wallis
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Ancient Laws & Contemporary Controversies: The Need for Inclusive Biblical Interpretation 
​|  Cheryl B. Anderson
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Between the World and Me
​| Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman’s Journey with Depression and Faith
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Monica Coleman

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Can A Sister Get a Little Help? Encouragement for Black Women in Ministry
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The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America
​| Edward J. Blum and Paul Harvey
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Ferguson & Faith: Sparking Leadership Awakening Community 
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Hagar’s Daughters: Womanist Ways of Being in the World
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Mitzi J. Smith, Editor

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I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made
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Just A Sister Away: A Womanist Vision of Women’s Relationships in the Bible
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​| Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Nobody Cries When We Die: God, Community, and Surviving to Adulthood
​| Patrick Reyes
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Our Lives Matter: A Womanist Queer Theology | Pamela Lightsey

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Pregnant Passion: Gender, Sex and Violence in the Bible | Cheryl Kirk Dugan, Edito

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Sexuality and the Black Church:
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Kelly Brown Douglas

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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America 
​| Melissa V. Harris-Perry
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​| Lezley McSpadden
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The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism 
​| Edward E. Baptist
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| William J. Barber, III


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Womanist Midrash:
A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne
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Womanist Biblical Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse
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Gay L. Byron and Vanessa Lovelace, Editors


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A Womanist Pastoral Theology Against Intimate and Cultural Violence
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Stephanie Crumpton

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| Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandela
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​Murdered Souls, Resurrected Lives:
Postmodern Womanist Thought in Ministry with 
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​| Irie Lynne Session

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Gafney, Wilda C. A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W. United States: Church Publishing, 2021.
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Parker, Angela N. If God Still Breathes, Why Can't I? Black Lives Matter and Biblical Authority. United States: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021.
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Thompson, Lisa L. Ingenuity: Preaching as an Outsider. Abingdon Press. 2018.
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Allen, Lisa, A Womanist Theology of Worship: Liturgy, Justice and Communal Righteousness, 2021
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Hendricks Jr, Obery. Christians Against Christianity: How Right-wing Evangelicals are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith. Beacon Press. 2021.
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Pierce, Yolanda In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit. Minneapolis: Broadleaf Books, 2021.
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Walker-Barnes, Chanequa, I Bring the Voices of My People: A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2019.
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Dunbar, Ericka Shawndricka, afficking Hadassah: Collective Trauma, Cultural Memory, and Identity in the Book of Ester and in the African Diaspora, 2021
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Miles-Tribble, Valerie A, Change Agent Church in Black Lives Matter Times: Urgency for Action. Lexington Books/, 2020.
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Russaw, Kimberly. Revisiting Rahab: Another Look at the Woman from Jericho. United States: United Methodist Board of Higher Education & Ministry, 2021.
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Reyes, Patrick B, The Purpose Gap: Empowering Communities to Find Meaning and Thrive, 2021
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    • Loaves & Fish
  • Racial & Gender Equity
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