Overview
A celebration of the voices of women of color in prayer
Women of color pray and have prayed out of necessity for survival, out of love for the Divine and because we believe in the power of prayer. Prayer has been the prevailing force behind the education of our children, protection and courage for our men, hope for our daughters and the balm that heals sorrows.
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Prayers by women around the worldāfrom China and Japan, to Syria and Ghanaāto African American, Asian American, Native American and Hispanic women in the United States including:
Teresa Palomo Acosta Ā Yolanda Adams Ā Rabiāa Al-Adawiyya Ā Paula Gunn Allen Ā Savitri Bess Ā Mary McLeod Bethune Ā Irene I. Blea Ā Sandra Cisneros Ā Marian Wright Edelman Ā Rachelle Ferrell Ā Monique Greenwood Ā Joy Harjo Ā Linda Hogan Ā Patricia Locke Ā Janice Mirikitani Ā Toni Morrison Ā Naomi Quinonez Ā Della Reese Ā Cathy Song Ā Susan L. Taylor Ā Sojourner Truth Ā Harriet Tubman Ā Iyanla Vanzant Ā Phillis Wheatley Ā CeCe Winans Ā Empress Yamatohime ... and many others
This beautiful collection of prayers will take you on a journey into the spiritual walk of women of color around the worldāincluding Asia, the Middle East and Africaāas well as Native American, African American, Asian American and Hispanic women in the United States. Through these prayers, poetry, lyrics, meditations and affirmations, you will share in the strong and undeniable connection that women of color share with God. As you delve into the words of unwavering faith, perseverance, resistance, celebration and communion with God and family that fill each page, you will find your ideas about prayer challenged and your own prayer life inspired and renewed.
This book title, Women of Color Pray (Voices of Strength, Faith, Healing, Hope and Courage), ISBN: 9781594730771, by Christal M. Jackson, Teresa Palomo Acosta, Yolanda Adams, published by Turner Publishing Company (May 1, 2005) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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