Hagar's Daughters: Womanist Ways of Being in the World

by Diana L. Hayes

A spiritual manifesto for Black women in their role as healers of church and society.

Genres: Theology, Race

80 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1995

About the author

Diana L. Hayes is a Professor of Systematic Theology in the Department of Theology at Georgetown. Her areas of specialization are Womanist Theology, Black Theology, U.S.Liberation Theologies, Contextual Theologies, Religion and Public Life, and African American and Womanist Spirituality. Her courses include Black Liberation Theology, Womanist Theology, American Liberation Theology, Race, Class, Gender and Religion, (all of which she has also taught at the graduate level, Religion and Liberation (a Theology majors seminar) and the required intro course, The Problem of God (from a comparative world religions in the US perspective). Dr. Hayes is the first African American woman to receive the Pontifical Doctor of Sacred Theology degree (S.T.D.) from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) and has also received three honorary doctorates. She is the author of 6 books and over 50 articles.

Reviews

[Imogene Covin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hagar's Daughters reviews the systems of bondage women encounter in their lives. This is an ancient story. Similarly the matter of status in the family group are reviewed. The book really allows a personal view of the self. How we relate in the world and how we are erceived.

[K Browne · Rating 5 out of 5]

short and powerful read.