(Still) sacrificing for salvation: Millenarian motherhood reconsidered

Fran Markowitz

doi:10.1177/0037768603050001967

(Still) sacrificing for salvation: Millenarian motherhood reconsidered

Fran Markowitz

Behavioral Sciences Program

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Abstract

The author considers the inherent contradiction between sacrifice and salvation as articulated and practiced by female Saints in what the African Hebrew Israelite Community (AHIC) - or the Black Hebrews - refer to as their Kingdom of God. Toward the aim of understanding how and why these women reconcile daily sacrifices with the millenarian belief that they have found salvation, it presents Black Hebrew women's life stories as dialogic encounters with Old Testament personages and the grand redemption narrative of the Bible coupled with their reflections on what awaits women of African descent in white- and Christian-dominated America.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	97-112
Number of pages	16
Journal	Social Compass
Volume	50
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0037768603050001967
State	Published - 1 Mar 2003

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Religious studies
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