Gilkes (2001)

Gilkes, Cheryl Townsend. 2001. “If It Wasn’t for the Women…”: Black Women’s Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books. (Amazon)

Davie (1995)

Davie, Jodie Shapiro. 1995. Women in the Presence: Constructing Community and Seeking Spirituality in Mainline Protestantism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. (Amazon)