Embracing the spirit : womanist perspectives on hope, salvation, and transformation / Emilie M. Townes, editor.

Introduction. On creating ruminations on the spirit / Emilie M. Townes
Looking to your tomorrows today : North Carolina Central University, December 16, 1994 / Mary M. Townes
My hope is in the Lord : transformation and salvation in the African American community / Diana L. Hayes
Overcoming susto : restoring your soul / Rosita deAnn Mathews
Womanist work and public policy : an exploration of the meaning of Black women's interaction with political institutions / Rosetta E. Ross
Christinah Nku : a woman at the center of healing her nation / Linda E. Thomas
Avoiding asphyxiation : a womanist perspective on intrapersonal and interpersonal transformation / Teresa L. Fry Brown
Straight talk, plain talk : womanist words about salvation in a social context / Delores S. Williams
The strength of my life / Karen Baker-Fletcher
Justified, sanctified, and redeemed : blessed expectation in Black women's blues and gospels / Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan
Woman at the well : Mahalia Jackson and the inner and outer spiritual transformation / Mozella G. Mitchell
"The doctor ain't taking no sticks" : race and medicine in the African American community / Emilie M. Townes
WomanistCare : some reflections on the pastoral care and the transformation of African American women / Marsha Foster Boyd
Some kind of woman : the making of a strong Black woman / Barbara J. Essex
Paul and the African American community / C. Michelle Venable-Ridley
Daring to speak : womanist theology and Black sexuality / Kelly Brown Douglas
"How can we forget?" : an ethic of care for AIDS, the African American family, and the Black Catholic Church / Toinette M. Eugene
"A conscious connection to all that is" : The color purple as subversive and critical ethnography / Cheryl Townsend Gilkes.