Fleshing the Spirit: Spirituality and Activism in Chicana, Latina, and Indigenous Women’s Lives
By Unknown Author.
Description
Fleshing the Spirit brings together established and new writers exploring the relationships between the physical body, the spirit and spirituality, and social justice activism. Examining the complex and dynamic connections among these concepts, the writers emphasize the value of “flesh and blood experience” as a site of knowledge. They argue that spirituality—something quite different from institutional religious practice—can heal the mind/body split and set the stage for social change. Spirituality, they argue, is a necessary component of an alternative political a...
ISBN(s)
0816530971, 9780816530977
