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100 1 a| Langley, April C. E.,e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjwgB7xy44xWXcjqQPd38K=| ^A770496;

245 10 a| Repoliticizing the word through poetry and preaching :b| early Black Christian women's lives matter /c| April C.E. Langley.;

246 30 a| Early Black Christian women's lives matter;

264 1 a| Detroit :b| Wayne State University Press,c| [2026];

300 a| xxiv, 229 pages ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| African American life series;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 00 t| Wheatley's WordsWorking : #GodsWordsMatter now and then --t| Maria Stewart : repoliticizing, Biblical sampling, and her world(s) --t| Jarena Lee : calling the call --t| Binding up together : addressing our past to face this present --t| Black women's lives and what really matters.;

520 a| "Weaving together the legacies of early Black Christian women, author April C. E. Langley explores the foundational ways in which faith, poetics, and spirituality have shaped Black activism in the United States. In Repoliticizing the Word Through Poetry and Preaching, Langley employs Afrofuturist and Sankofic lenses to provide a dynamic close reading of the speeches, letters, poems, and sermons of three foremothers of modern Black women's social justice movements - Phillis Wheatley, Maria W. Stewart, and Jarena Lee - and highlights the resistance strategies emerging from their use of religion as a means for imagination and potential liberation. This book shows how Black women's spiritual writing has also inspired and informed intersectional social justice movements of today's era - #SayHerName, #MeToo, and #BlackLivesMatter - as well as impacting the profound works of scholars, politicians, community leaders, and artists such as Audre Lorde, Maya Angelou, Tarana Burke, Lauryn Hill, and Beyoncé. This timely examination of early Black Christian women and their writing reminds us of the importance of retrieving what is lost to understand where we are and where we are going." --c| Back cover.;

600 10 a| Wheatley, Phillis,d| 1753-1784.=| ^A72807;

600 10 a| Stewart, Maria W.,d| 1803-1879.=| ^A682272;

600 10 a| Lee, Jarena,d| 1783-=| ^A200187;

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650 0 a| African American women authorsx| Religious life.=| ^A153168;

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Repoliticizing the word through poetry and preaching : early Black Christian women's lives matter / April C.E. Langley.

Author/creator	Langley, April C. E. author.
Format	Book
Publication	Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2026]
Copyright Date	©2026
Description	xxiv, 229 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784. Stewart, Maria W., 1803-1879. Lee, Jarena, 1783- African American women authors--Political activity. African American women authors--Religious life. American literature--African American authors. --History and criticism. American literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.

Portion of title	Early Black Christian women's lives matter
Series	African American life series African American life series. ^A239480
Contents	Wheatley's WordsWorking : #GodsWordsMatter now and then -- Maria Stewart : repoliticizing, Biblical sampling, and her world(s) -- Jarena Lee : calling the call -- Binding up together : addressing our past to face this present -- Black women's lives and what really matters.
Abstract	"Weaving together the legacies of early Black Christian women, author April C. E. Langley explores the foundational ways in which faith, poetics, and spirituality have shaped Black activism in the United States. In Repoliticizing the Word Through Poetry and Preaching, Langley employs Afrofuturist and Sankofic lenses to provide a dynamic close reading of the speeches, letters, poems, and sermons of three foremothers of modern Black women's social justice movements - Phillis Wheatley, Maria W. Stewart, and Jarena Lee - and highlights the resistance strategies emerging from their use of religion as a means for imagination and potential liberation. This book shows how Black women's spiritual writing has also inspired and informed intersectional social justice movements of today's era - #SayHerName, #MeToo, and #BlackLivesMatter - as well as impacting the profound works of scholars, politicians, community leaders, and artists such as Audre Lorde, Maya Angelou, Tarana Burke, Lauryn Hill, and Beyoncé. This timely examination of early Black Christian women and their writing reminds us of the importance of retrieving what is lost to understand where we are and where we are going." -- Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Langley, April C. E. Repoliticizing the word through poetry and preaching. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2026] 9780814349915
ISBN	9780814349892
ISBN	0814349900 hardcover
ISBN	9780814349908 hardcover
ISBN	0814349897 paperback
ISBN	ebook

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