More than Chains and Toil by Joan M Martin

More than Chains and Toil by Joan M Martin

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In More than Chains and Toil, Joan Martin explores the experiences of enslaved women and the realities of their social world to uncover the interrelationships among moral agency, work, and human meaning. She then reflects ethically on the implications such a distinct perspective on labor might have for women in contemporary African American...

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More than Chains and Toil by Joan M Martin

In More than Chains and Toil, Joan Martin explores the experiences of enslaved women and the realities of their social world to uncover the interrelationships among moral agency, work, and human meaning. She then reflects ethically on the implications such a distinct perspective on labor might have for women in contemporary African American communities and for broader discussions about the meaning of work in American society.
Joan M. Martin is William W. Rankin Associate Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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ISBN 13 9780664258009
ISBN 10 066425800X
Title More than Chains and Toil
Author Joan M Martin
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
Year published 2000-05-01
Number of pages 208
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