This is such a great book, I wish I had read it earlier. I would also recommend looking up Delores S Williams on youtube to hear her speak.

The book presents womanist theology as an alternative to feminist and black theology - stating that they both overlook the oppressed of the oppressed - black women.

The book is bold and takes on the giants of Martin Luther King and James H Cone as well as classical
Theologians - arguing that the glorification of suffering and atonement models are harmful to black women in particular. We need to construct new lenses through which to view the Christian story.

I know the story of Hagar but thanks to Williams I now feel like I actually know her rather than a story which views her in passing, as a womb to be used and then rejected.

This is a must read.