Quilting the Sermon: Homiletical Insights from Harriet Powers

Sermons come in a variety of forms. For Harriet Powers, an African American artist and former slave who lived from 1837-1910, sermons took the form of quilts. Unlike most quilts crafted during her lifetime, Powers' quilts told biblical stories, recounted legends, and carried messages of divine...

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1. VerfasserIn: McCray, Donyelle (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: MDPI [2018]
In: Religions
Jahr: 2018, Band: 9, Heft: 2, Seiten: 1-7
weitere Schlagwörter:B Harriet Powers
B quilt
B proclaim
B preach
B African American Women
B Sermon
B Voice
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Zusammenfassung:Sermons come in a variety of forms. For Harriet Powers, an African American artist and former slave who lived from 1837-1910, sermons took the form of quilts. Unlike most quilts crafted during her lifetime, Powers' quilts told biblical stories, recounted legends, and carried messages of divine judgement and hope. This article offers a brief account of her life, a description of her quilts, and a reflection on her spirituality. Rather than approaching her quilts solely as folk art, this essay places them in the African American preaching tradition.
ISSN:2077-1444
Enthält:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel9020046