My review of this excellent book: “In the Shadow of Powers: Dantès Bellegarde in Haitian Social Thought” by Patrick Bellegarde-Smith  has been published by H-Net Reviews.

You can read it by clicking on the link below:

https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=54960

“After this first session on the family came “Faith based engagement”, which was focused on the role of our faith-based institutions in nurturing a greater sense of civic engagement in the Haitian community. “The Haitian Church is not actively involved in civic engagement and social projects”, opined Dr Celucien Joseph, one of the panelists. “The mindset of Haitian ministers, the theology they were trained in, is that they have to wait for the dominant culture to do something for them. We want to receive, not give”, added the Indian River State College Professor.”

To finish reading the report about the conference, click on the link below:

https://sentinel.ht/post/news/community/11730-haitian-american-community-agenda-conference-2020

Celebrating Women’s History Month:

In honor of Women’s History Month, I would like to recommend the following ten texts by Haitian Women writers

1. “Love, Anger, and Madness: A Haitian Triptych” by Marie Vieux- Chauvet
2. “Le joug” by Annie Desroy
3. “La blanche négresse” by Virgile Valcin
4. “Mémoire d’une affranchie” by Ghislaine Rey Charlier
5. “Breath, Eyes, Memory: A Novel” by Edwidge Danticat
6. “The Loneliness of Angels ” by Myriam J. A. Chancy
7. “Bain de lune” by Yanick Lahens
8. “Saisons Sauvages” by Kettly Charles
9. “Rosalie l’infâme” by Evelyne Trouillot
10. “Le creuset” (The Crucible) by Paulette Poujol-Oriol

Celebrating Women’s History Month:

In honor of Women’s History Month, I would like to recommend the following ten texts by African American (Womanist) Biblical scholars and theologians:

1. “White Women’s Christ and Black Women’s Jesus: Feminist Christology and Womanist Response” by Jacquelyn Grant
2. “Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk” by Delores S. Williams
3. “Black Womanist Ethics” by Katie Geneva Cannon
4. ” Battered love : marriage, sex, and violence in the Hebrew prophets” by Renita J. Weems
5. “The Black Christ” by Kelly Brown Douglas
6. “Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil” by Emilie Townes
7. “Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction To The Women Of The Torah And The Throne” by Gafney C. Wilda (“Wil Gafney”)
8. “Toward Decentering the New Testament: A Reintroduction” by Mitzi J. Smith
9. “Weary Throats and New Songs: Black Women Proclaiming God’s Word” by Teresa L. Fry Brown
10. “Mining The Motherlode: Methods in Womanist Ethics” by Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas