Womanist Spirituality as a Response to the Racism-Sexism Double Bind in African American Women

Counseling and Values

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-186

  Williams, Carmen Braun ^a   Wiggins, Marsha I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 77951197303     PISSN: 01607960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2010.tb00015.x     Document Type: Article

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