{"id":5232,"date":"2016-09-15T09:22:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T14:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2016-09-15T09:22:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T14:22:12","slug":"what-happens-when-momma-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2016\/09\/what-happens-when-momma-speaks.html","title":{"rendered":"What Happens When Momma Speaks?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"When-Momma-Speaks\"<\/a>As mothers there are certain expectations and demands society places on us. This role sometimes poses challenges with our additional professional obligations. Yet, as a Momma, we dare not put anything or anyone before our children. We are not afraid\u00a0risk it all for another hug, another kiss, or\u00a0attendance at baby boy\u2019s or baby girl\u2019s events. We take extreme strides to salvage who we are as Momma.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026Sometimes the road is rocky and replete with lions and tigers and bears. There are moments when there is a clear, maternal path\u2026 Ours is a stentorian voice even in the stillest moments. It is a voice that will not give way to hatred or injustice. In a mother\u2019s tongue is a child\u2019s future, a community\u2019s rallying cry, a nation\u2019s call to stand.\u00a0The sacred, self, and society lend an ear and stir into action\u2014when Momma speaks! -from\u00a0When Momma Speaks: The Bible and Motherhood From A Womanist Perspective<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder<\/a> provides an engaging womanist reading of mother characters in the Old and New Testaments. After providing a brief history of womanist biblical interpretation, she shows how the stories of several biblical mothers\u2014Hagar, Rizpah, Bathsheba, Mary, the Canaanite woman, and Zebedee\u2019s wife\u2014can be powerful sources for critical reflection, identification, and empowerment. Crowder also explores historical understandings of motherhood in the African American community and how these help to inform present-day perspectives. The work lifts pop culture mothers like Whitney Houston and Beyonce. Additionally it connects the stories biblical mothers to modern-day mothers of the movement such as Sybrina Fulton and Lucia McBath. Crowder includes questions for discussion with each chapter. The book is a profound theological and practical resource for the church and academy.<\/p>\n

Reviews for \u201cWhen Momma Speaks\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen Momma Speaks<\/i> is a powerful resource for the academy and the church. Crowder lifts up and reflects on the lived experiences of African American women with integrity, honesty, wholeness, and deep beauty. An African American woman\u2019s experience has always been more socially, financially, culturally, and biblically complicated than traditional discourse has allowed. When Momma Speaks<\/i> gives voice and texture to those complexities in ways women of color can embrace and celebrate.\u201d
\n\u2014Charisse L. Gillett, President, Lexington Theological Seminary<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cCrowder draws our attention to the realities of mothering at the intersection of race, class, and religion. She weaves the narratives of mothers from the Bible into our present-day contexts to help us think critically about what it means to be a black mother in today\u2019s world. Crowder opens the door of womanist maternal thought for scholars, pastors, and laypeople alike to enter into an emergent school of thought and depart with new and transforming insights for the academy, church, and home. A refreshing read!\u201d
\n\u2014Leah Gunning Francis, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, Christian Theological Seminary<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThrough incisive readings of six biblical mothers, Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder clothes the complex realities of contemporary mommas with holy honor. Grounded in the lived experience of African American women, this book will introduce many readers to the cultural resources of womanist thought. I needed to read this book, and you do too.\u201d
\n\u2014Greg Carey, Professor of New Testament, Lancaster Theological Seminary<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cFollowing a womanist maternal hermeneutic, Crowder explores the intersection between gender, class, and race as it pertains to biblical motherhood and African American motherhood in the United States. Readers will walk away amazed by the dynamic tension biblical mothers and African American mothers balance between a commitment to personal well-being and communal wholeness. This book is a fresh and approachable reading that inspires us to listen and act accordingly, when momma speaks.\u201d
\n\u2014Lt. Monta A. Stubbs, Chaplain, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard Academy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThrough Crowder\u2019s illuminating perspective, biblical mothers from Hagar to Mary, Rizpah to Bathsheba come to new life. With references to \u201cgame of thrones,\u201d Whitney Houston, and the corporate boardroom, she merges contemporary culture and these ancient texts with grace and an eye toward justice. This is a book inspired and shaped by the diverse experiences and courage of black mothers; it is also a book for all of us seeking to read Scripture in all its richness and depth.\u201d
\n\u2014Eric D. Barreto, Associate Professor of New Testament, Luther Seminary<\/strong><\/p>\n

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