Woman Thou Art Loosed Cookbook

This beautiful gift cookbook is a celebration of fine food and fellowship. It offers celebrity recipes from Deion Sanders, Patti LaBelle, and more!

In the 400-Year History of Soul Food and Hospitality, Chef Dr. Willhoite has left no stone unturned as he takes us on a colorful journey from the coasts of West Africa to the hills and valleys of America. You will be educated, enlightened, enthused and empowered! This book has raised the bar and laid a foundation that will allow the African American contributions to forever be inscribed in the pages of history.

Through their constant television broadcasts, mass video distributions, and printed publications, African American religious broadcasters have a seemingly ubiquitous presence in popular culture. They are on par with popular entertainers and athletes in the African American community as cultural icons even as they are criticized by others for taking advantage of the devout in order to subsidize their lavish lifestyles. For these reasons questions abound. Do televangelists proclaim the message of the gospel or a message of greed? Do they represent the "authentic" voice of the black church or the Christian Right in blackface? Does the phenomenon reflect orthodox "Christianity" or ethnocentric "Americaninity" wrapped in religious language? Watch This! seeks to move beyond such polarizing debates by critically delving into the dominant messages and aesthetic styles of African American televangelists and evaluating their ethical implications.

How activists in Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil provide inspiration and strategies for combating the gender violence epidemic in the United States How can the U.S. learn from the perspectives of anti-gender violence activists in South America and Africa as we seek to end intimate violence in this country? The U.S. has consistently positioned itself as a moral exemplar, seeking to export its philosophy and values to other societies. Yet in this book, Traci C. West argues that the U.S. has much to learn from other countries when it comes to addressing gender-based violence. West traveled to Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil to interview activists involved in the struggle against gender violence. In each of these places, as in the United States, Christianity and anti-black racism have been implicated in violence against women. In Ghana and Brazil, in particular, their Christian colonial and trans-Atlantic slave trade histories directly connect with the socioeconomic development of the Americas and historic incidents of rape of black slave women. With a transnational focus on religion and racism, West brings a new perspective to efforts to systemically combat gender violence. Calling attention to forms of violence in the U.S. and international settings, such as marital rape, sex trafficking of women and girls, domestic violence, and the targeting of lesbians, the book offers an expansive and nuanced view of how to form activist solidarity in tackling this violence. It features bold and inspiring approaches by black women leaders working in each setting to uproot the myriad forms of violence against women and girls. Ultimately, West calls for us to learn from the lessons of Africana activists, drawing on a defiant Africana spirituality as an invaluable resource in the quest to combat the seemingly chronic problem of gender-based violence.

Discover the secrets to Living a Healthy, Happy, Active, and Long Life! In the beginning, God had a perfect plan. Humans were designed to live with abundant healthbut weve strayed from that path. So where are we now? People are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Rates of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer are skyrocketing. We are emotionally and spiritually depleted, overworked, out of shape, worn out, eating fake foods, and exposed to hormones, GMOs and chemicals that didnt even exist 100 years ago. Is there hope? Whats the solution? Dr. Mark believes you can return to The Original Design. Whether youre exhausted, depressed, overweight, in pain, suffering from disease, or simply want to be fit and healthy, The Original Design for Health offers timeless principles and scientific facts that show you how to: Understand the four foundational pillars of healthPhysical, Chemical, Mental and Spiritualhow theyre interdependent and their importance to your body. Create balance through enjoying delicious and nutritious food, restful sleep, great relationships, fun exercise, spiritual peace, an attitude of gratitude, ideal spinal alignment, emotional control, plentiful playtime, and a big picture perspective. Identify and get to the root cause of many common health issues. Take control of your health and get back on the original track to wellness. Without health, you cant be who you were designed to be or live the life you were meant to live. Make today the first day of the healthiest part of your lifethe life youve always dreamed of! You cant rewrite the beginning of your story, but you can change the ending.

In Jezebel Unhinged Tamura Lomax traces the use of the jezebel trope in the black church and in black popular culture, showing how it is pivotal to reinforcing men's cultural and institutional power to discipline and define black girlhood and womanhood. Drawing on writing by medieval thinkers and travelers, Enlightenment theories of race, the commodification of women's bodies under slavery, and the work of Tyler Perry and Bishop T. D. Jakes, Lomax shows how black women are written into religious and cultural history as sites of sexual deviation. She identifies a contemporary black church culture where figures such as Jakes use the jezebel stereotype to suggest a divine approval of the “lady” while condemning girls and women seen as "hos." The stereotype preserves gender hierarchy, black patriarchy, and heteronormativity in black communities, cultures, and institutions. In response, black women and girls resist, appropriate, and play with the stereotype's meanings. Healing the black church, Lomax contends, will require ceaseless refusal of the idea that sin resides in black women's bodies, thus disentangling black women and girls from the jezebel narrative's oppressive yoke.