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Deliver Us from Evil: Resisting Racial and Gender Oppression

by James Newton Poling, James N. Poling
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Overview

Deliver Us From Evil explores the history of resistance to racial and gender oppression-from a slave woman in nineteenth-century America to a woman patient of Sigmund Freud-and traces the failed promises of the American Revolution in the oppression of subordinate groups. Poling reviews resistance by analyzing communities that understand evil as the abuse of power. Also treated are definitions of evil and debates between womanist and feminist theologians. Jesus emerges as a model for marginalized and oppressed people, as Poling calls for prophetic acts of solidarity to create new possibilities for healing and justice.

Synopsis

Exploring the history of resistance to racial and gender oppression--from a slave women in 19th-century America to a woman patient of Sigmund Freud, this book traces the failed promises of the American Revolution in the oppression of subordinate groups. Poling reviews resistance by analyzing communities that understand evil as the abuse of power.

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Book Details

Published
May 1, 1996
Publisher
Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Pages
244
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780800629045

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