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In My Grandmother’s House

Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

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In My Grandmother’s House

By: Yolanda Pierce
Narrated by: Yolanda Pierce
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What if the most steadfast faith you'll ever encounter comes from a Black grandmother?

The church mothers who raised Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University School of Divinity, were busily focused on her survival. In a world hostile to Black women's bodies and spirits, they had to be. Born on a former cotton plantation and having fled the terrors of the South, Pierce's grandmother raised her in the faith inherited from those who were enslaved. Now, in this book, Pierce reckons with that tradition, building an everyday womanist theology rooted in liberating scriptures, experiences in the Black church, and truths from Black women's lives. Pierce tells stories that center the experiences of those living on the underside of history, teasing out the tensions of race, spirituality, trauma, freedom, resistance, and memory.

A grandmother's theology carries wisdom strong enough for future generations. The Divine has been showing up at the kitchen tables of Black women for a long time. It's time to get to know that God.

©2021 Yolanda Pierce (P)2021 eChristian
Americas Black & African American Christian Living Christianity Social Sciences United States Tradition
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Loved the content and the narration. Explores things the author learned from her mother, grandmother and aunties and honours the fact that God speaks through the so-called voiceless. Very listenable and uncomplicated yet incredibly wise.

Gentle yet powerful

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