A fascinating look into how mainline Christianity, and even The Black Church as an institution has both saved and failed black women historically. Williams uses womanism, a precursor to what we now call intersectionality, as well as the history of black women as surrogates for white power, to make a new idea for how spirituality and Christianity can be repurposed for the needs of black women.

I am absolutely not the book's target audience, but, or maybe therefore, I learned a great deal, and wonder why Williams is not ranked with the other thinkers on civil rights. A great recommendation via the Free Black Women's Library challenge.