Scholarship on African American history and culture has often
neglected the tradition of African American women who engage in
theological and religious reflection on their ethical and moral
responsibility to care for the earth. Melanie Harris argues that
African American women make distinctive contributions to the
environmental justice movement in the ways that they theologize,
theorize, practice spiritual activism, and come into religious
understandings about our relationship with the earth.
Incorporating elements of her family history to set the stage
for her argument, Harris intersperses her academic reflections with
her own personal stories and anecdotes.
This unique text
stands at the intersection of several academic disciplines: womanist
theology, eco-theology, spirituality, and theological
aesthetics.