| Moving the Rock: Poverty and Faith in a Black Storefront Church Contributor(s): Abrums, Mary E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0759113203 ISBN-13: 9780759113206 Publisher: Altamira Press OUR PRICE: $35.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Dewey: 286.092 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.56" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 252 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Religious Orientation - Christian - Locality - Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wa - Geographic Orientation - Washington |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Moving the Rock portrays several generations of African American women whose families migrated from the South to the Pacific Northwest in the 1940s and 1950s. As members of a small storefront church in central Seattle, these women-grandmothers, mothers, daughters-lean on their faith and church to face the challenges of poverty, racism, ignorance, and health. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, it is painfully obvious that many of us know little about what it is like to be poor and Black in the United States. These powerful, profound stories bring this group of women and their problems, and joys, vividly and movingly to life. |