Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective - 25th Anniversary Edition

    With a New Foreword  by Brandon Thomas Crowley    “If a diagnosis is indispensable for a cure then the Black church and the Black community, as well as the church in general and White society, should take seriously this searingly honest yet sympathetic exposé and then perhaps they may be set on the road to healing their ills.”—Archbishop Desmond Tutu “This book is one of the most important works by an African American theologian in the past decade. . . . One wonders why we have waited so long for such a helpful treatise on this crucial subject.”—Peter J. Paris, Princeton Theological Seminary “Kelly Brown Douglas’s book is both a challenge and gift.”—Emilie M. Townes "This book probes the conundrum of black sexuality, especially as it relates to black theological silence about sexuality. Douglas aims to understand why sexuality in general has been a "taboo" subject for the black church and community, attempts to advance "womanist" discourse on black sexuality, and seeks to promote t