{"product_id":"up-against-a-crooked-gospel-black-womens-bodies-and-the-politics-of-redemption-9781626985865","title":"Up Against a Crooked Gospel: Black Women's Bodies and the Politics of Redemption","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eEthics and Intersectionality Series\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUP AGAINST A CROOKED GOSPEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Women's Bodies and the Politics of Redemption\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMelanie Jones Quarles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn essential text for students and scholars of womanist thought, ethics, biblical studies, and Black religion.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing upon her grandmother's personal struggles with physical \"bendedness\" and the narrative of the bent woman in Luke 13:10-17, Melanie Jones Quarles engages Black religious thought and cultural criticism to expose how the Black Church paradoxically nurtures Black women while also sustaining their oppression. Quarles mines the prophetic imaginations of influential womanist thinkers, crafting a liberating vision that resists serving as surrogate \"saviors\" in society and religion. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith insights into politics, Christology, and biblical interpretation, this book boldly calls Black women to unbend their bodies and reclaim their moral agency in the face of crooked systems that attempt to constrain their freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orbis Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626985865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Melanie Jones Quarles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44683446157493,"sku":"9781626985865","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_381fe39d-33c8-4bfd-960b-b92cf4410d81.jpg?v=1727795908","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/up-against-a-crooked-gospel-black-womens-bodies-and-the-politics-of-redemption-9781626985865","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}