If It Wasn't for the Women Religion_ Religion & Science is director of the Institute

is director of the Institute for Dialogue with Cultures and Religions in Chennai (formerly Madras)

and others interested in African American

of Chicago

and philosopher of social science

Cone (1938-2018) was the Bill and Judith Moyers Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary

If It Wasn't for the Women Religion_ Religion & Science is director of the InstituteThese collected essays examine the roles of women in their churches and communities, the implication of those roles for African American culture, and the tensions and stereotypes that shape societal responses to these roles. Gilkes examines the ways black women and their experience shape the culture and consciousness of the black religious experience, and reflects on some of the crises and conflicts that attend this experience. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes