Words, Like Fire: Maria Stewart, the Bible, and the Rights of African Americans

Words, Like Fire: Maria Stewart, the Bible, and the Rights of African Americans
ISBN-10
0813932076
ISBN-13
9780813932071
Category
Religion
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2012-02-06
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Author
Valerie C. Cooper

Description

Maria Stewart is believed by many to have been the first American woman of any race to give public political speeches. In Word, Like Fire, Valerie C. Cooper argues that the religious, political, and social threads of Maria Stewart's thought are tightly interwoven, such that focusing narrowly on any one aspect would be to misunderstand her rhetoric. Cooper demonstrates how a certain kind of biblical interpretation can be a Rosetta Stone for understanding various areas of African American life and thought that still resonate today.

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