"Go and tell mary and martha": The spirituals, biblical options for women, and cultural tensions in the african american religious experience

Social Compass

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 563-581

  Gilkes, Cheryl Townsend ^a  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

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EID: 0030369240     PISSN: 00377686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003776896043004008     Document Type: Article

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