Black Womanist Ethics

This study articulates the distinctive moral character of the Afro-American women's community. Beginning with a reconstructive history of the Afro-American woman's situation in America, Katie G. Cannon goes on to trace the emergence of the Black woman's literary tradition and explain its importance in expressing the moral wisdom of Black women. The life and work of Zora Neale Hurston are examined in detail for her unique contributions to the moral tradition of the Afro-American woman. A final chapter initiates a promising exchange between the works of Hurston and those of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Katie G. Cannon is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Origins of the Study	p. 1
Methodologies Used in the Study	p. 5
Summary of the Study	p. 6
Preliminary Explanation of the Study	p. 9
The Black Woman's Moral Situation, 1619-1900
The Moral Situation of the Black Woman in Slavery	p. 31
The Moral Situation of the Black Woman After the Civil War	p. 41
The Black Woman's Moral Situation in the Twentieth Century
The Moral Situation of the Black Woman During the Great Migration	p. 59
The Moral Situation of the Black Woman Between the World Wars	p. 62
The Moral Situation of the Black Woman in Contemporary Society	p. 66
The Black Woman's Literary Tradition as a Source for Ethics
The Black Woman's Literary Tradition Parallels Black History	p. 77
The Black Woman's Literary Tradition Uses the Oral Narrative Devices of the Black Community	p. 84
The Black Woman's Literary Tradition Capuslizes the Insularity of the Black Community	p. 87
Conclusion	p. 89
Resources for a Constructive Ethic in the Life of Zora Neale Hurston
"Invisible Dignity" as It Relates to Moral Agency and Racism' in Hurston's Life	p. 105
"Invisible Dignity" as It Relates to Moral Agency and Gender Discrimination in Hurston's Life	p. 108
"Invisible Dignity" as It Relates to Moral Agency and Poverty in Hurston's Life	p. 114
Resources for a Constructive Ethic in the Work of Zora Neale Hurston
Resources in the Fiction of Zora Neale Hurston (Quite Grace)	p. 125
Resources in the Nonfiction of Zora Neale Hurston (Unshouted Courage)	p. 143
Conclusion	p. 149
Resources for a Constructive Ethic in the Theology of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thurman: 'Imago Dei' and Mysticism	p. 160
King: 'Imago Dei' and Natural Law	p. 163
Thurman: Love through Justice and Social Change	p. 164
King: Love and Justice	p. 165
Thurman: Community and Inter-relatedness	p. 168
King: Beloved Community, Pragmatism and a Praxis of Resistance	p. 169
Conclusion	p. 174
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