Emilie M. Townes papers, 1960 -- 2024

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Series 7: Writings, 1983 -- 2013

This series contains some restricted material. Restrictions related to specific material are listed in the detailed contents list.

5.5 linear feet; 5.55 linear feet; 11 boxes

This series contains drafts, manuscript notes, and final copies of published articles written by Townes, as well as chapters for books, and essays for dictionary and encyclopedia entries. Also included is correspondence with magazine editors and/or publishers.

This series is arranged roughly chronologically by publication date.



Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 1 Politics of Racism-Ecumenical Women's Center Newsletter, 11(4), 1983-04


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 2-3 Twin Roots Into Action: Churches in Solidarity with Women Resources for Participation in Ecumenical Decade, 1988 -- 1998


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 4 Twin Roots-Article for Ecumenical Decade Resource Packets-Photograph, circa 1983 -- 2005


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 5 Ida B. Wells-Barnett- Afro-American Prophet, in Christian Century, 1989


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 6 This Far By Faith, in Christian Century, 1988-11-16


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 7 Cheryl Sander- Roundtable Response: Christian Ethics and Theology in Womanist Perspective, JFSR, 1989


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 8 Price of Ticket-Racism, Sexism, Heterosexism and Church in Light of AIDS Crisis-Sourcebook, 1991


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 9 Chord of Justice-Apocalyptic Vision and Communal Change, 1991


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 10 African American Women-Biographical Dictionary-Entries, 1991


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 11 Sealed Envelope Establishing Copyright of Stony Point Conference Talk, 1991

75 years from date of creation.


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 12 Book Review -James Cone's Martin and Malcolm in America for Christianity and Crisis, 1991


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 13 Keeping a Clean House Will Not Keep a Man at Home: Unctuous Womanist Rhetoric of Justice-Article for Race, Class and Gender: New Vision, Ed. David Batstone, circa 1983 -- 2005


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 14 Appropriation and Reciprocity Panel Response, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 8 (2)-Galley Proof, 1992


Box Series 7 Box 1 Folder 15-16 Because God Gave Her Vision: Religious Impulse of Ida B. Wells-BarnettArticle for Spirituality and Social Responsibility: Vocational Vision of Women in United Methodist Tradition, 1992



Box Series 7 Box 2 Folder 1-2 SCE Annual: Appropriation and Reciprocity in Doing of Feminist and Womanist Ethics To Be Called Beloved, 1993


Box Series 7 Box 2 Folder 3-5 Black Women: From Slavery to Womanist Liberation-Chapter for Documentary History of Women and Religion in America, 1993 -- 1995


Box Series 7 Box 2 Folder 6 And All the Colored Folks is Cursed, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Backlash Roundtable, 10 (1), 1994


Box Series 7 Box 2 Folder 7 For All the Saints-Calendar of Commemoration for United Methodists, 1994


Box Series 7 Box 2 Folder 8 Voices of the Spirit: Womanist Methodologies in Theological Disciplines, Womanist, 1 (1), 1994-05


Box Series 7 Box 2 Folder 9 Dictionary of Feminist Theologies- Entries, 1995-10


Box Series 7 Box 2 Folder 10 New Handbook of Christian Theologians-Canceled Project, 1994-11-27


Box Series 7 Box 2 Folder 11 Washed in the Grace of God, for Violence Against Women and Children Anthology, 1995-06


Box Series 7 Box 2 Folder 12-13 Ethics as an Art of Doing the Work Our Souls Must Have-Chapter for Arts of Ministry, 1995-09


Box Series 7 Box 2 Folder 14 Correspondence-Articles Submitted as Chapters in Books, 1996 -- 2003


Box Series 7 Box 2 Folder 15 Womanist Theology: Dancing With Twisted Hip; Draft Chapter for Contours: Introduction to North American Modern and Post-Modern Theologies, 1996-01


Box Series 7 Box 2 Folder 16 Womanist Theology: Dancing With Twisted Hip; Draft Chapter for Contours: Draft Chapter for Introduction to Christian Theology: Contemporary North American Perspectives, 1996-04



Box Series 7 Box 3 Folder 1 Growing Like Topsy: Womanist Reflections on Dream and NightmaresChapter for Unfinished Dream: Theological Voices from U.S. Minorities, 1997


Box Series 7 Box 3 Folder 2 Welfare in the Age of Spectacles-Article for Justice for All? Feminist Ethics Confronts Welfare Policy, 1998


Box Series 7 Box 3 Folder 3 Contemporary American Religion: Three Essays-Love, Suffering, Theodicy, 1999


Box Series 7 Box 3 Folder 4 Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Project Proposal, Correspondence, 1999 -- 2001


Box Series 7 Box 3 Folder 5 Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Advisory Board List, Editors, Curriculum Vitae, 1999-10


Box Series 7 Box 3 Folder 6 Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Draft Chapter-Black Women: From Slavery to Womanist Liberation, circa 1999


Box Series 7 Box 3 Folder 7 Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: EMT Research Materials, circa 1999


Box Series 7 Box 3 Folder 8 Public Influences of African American Churches Project: Participants, Correspondence, Mission Statements, Surveys, 1999 -- 2000


Box Series 7 Box 3 Folder 9-12 Public Influences of African American Churches Project: Research Materials- National Black Women's Health Project Website, 1999 -- 2000


Box Series 7 Box 3 Folder 13 Public Influences of African American Churches Project: Chapter Copies-Women's Rights and Public Policy in Black Churches Meetings, Draft of Mary Jo Bane's Chapter, Final Correspondence, 1999 -- 2000



Box Series 7 Box 4 Folder 1-2 Mining the Motherlode-Workshop and Evaluations, Proposal and Rationale, 2000 -- 2004


Box Series 7 Box 4 Folder 3 Discs, circa 1988 -- 2009

Disc 434: In a Blaze of Glory-Research Files; Disc 435: In a Blaze of Glory-Text; Disc 440: Articles-Salem, Keller, Williams, Riggs, Speaks, Mild; Disc 441: Keller and Ruether; Disc 442: Ethical Theories; Disc 443: Charts; Disc 444: Articles 1988; Disc 445: Articles: 1991 – [199?], [200?]; Disc 446: CDC AIDS Reports


Box Series 7 Box 4 Folder 4 Discs, circa 1993 -- 1998

Disc 447: Troubling In My Soul-Womanist Perspectives on Evil and Suffering, Jul 16, 1993; Disc 449: Empire and Forgottenness-Abysmal Sylphs in Reparations Debate for Black Folks in the United States; Disc 450: Breaking the Fine Rain of Death-Text Files Copy B; Disc 451: Breaking the Fine Rain of Death- Revised May 9, 1998; Disc 452: To Heal the Wounded Spirit-Research Files #1 Lament, Black Socioeconomic Context, Health Care and Public Health; Disc 453: To Heal the Wounded Spirit-Research Files #2 Black Health, Tuskegee, HIV/AIDS; Disc 454: To Heal the Wounded Spirit- Research Files #3 Healing and Wholeness, Womanist Ethic of Care


Box Series 7 Box 4 Folder 5 Discs, circa 2002 -- 2004

Disc 455: Embracing the Spirit-Womanist Perspectives on Hope, Salvation and Transformation- Disc 1 Disc 456: Embracing the Spirit-Womanist Perspectives on Hope, Salvation and Transformation-Disc Essays, Copy 1 Disc 457: Embracing the Spirit-Womanist Perspectives on Hope, Salvation and Transformation, Copy 2 Disc 458: Still Believing After All These Years-Draft Oct 30, 2002 Disc 459: Still Believing After All These Years-Final, Jan 10, 2004 Disc 482: Women's Rights and Public Policy [From Box 3, f13]



Box Series 7 Box 5 Folder 1 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Materials for Introduction, circa 2002


Box Series 7 Box 5 Folder 2-5 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 1 Drafts 1-4, 2002-04-15 -- 2002-04-23


Box Series 7 Box 5 Folder 6 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 1, Draft 5, CD: Feedback, Women's Studies in Religion Program, 2002-04 -- 2002-05


Box Series 7 Box 5 Folder 7 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 1 Sent to Reviewers, 2002-04-25


Box Series 7 Box 5 Folder 8-15 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 2, Drafts 1-8, 2001-10-21 -- 2002-03-28


Box Series 7 Box 5 Folder 16 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 2 Sent to Reviewers, 2002-03


Box Series 7 Box 5 Folder 17 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 2 Research Materials-Annotations, circa 2002



Box Series 7 Box 6 Folder 1-3 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 2 Research Materials-Annotations, circa 2002


Box Series 7 Box 6 Folder 4-7 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 3 Drafts 1-4, 2001-12-31 -- 2002-02-17


Box Series 7 Box 6 Folder 8-9 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 3 Materials to Review for Inclusion-Annotated, circa 2002


Box Series 7 Box 6 Folder 10-12 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 4 Drafts 1-3, circa 2003-09 -- 2004-01


Box Series 7 Box 6 Folder 13 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 4 Research Materials, circa 2002



Box Series 7 Box 7 Folder 1-4 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 4 Research Materials, circa 2002


Box Series 7 Box 7 Folder 5-8 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 5 Drafts 1, 2002-01-25 -- 2002-02-25


Box Series 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 5 Research Materials, circa 2002


Box Series 7 Box 7 Folder 10-11 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 6, Drafts 1-2, 2002-02-06 -- 2002-02-17


Box Series 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapter 6 Research Materials, circa 2002



Box Series 7 Box 8 Folder 1 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Introduction Draft, circa 2005


Box Series 7 Box 8 Folder 2-7 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Chapters 16 Drafts, circa 2005


Box Series 7 Box 8 Folder 8 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Complete Book for Readers-Annotations, 2005-03


Box Series 7 Box 8 Folder 9 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Book Index, Reader Reviews; EMT Responses, 2005-03


Box Series 7 Box 8 Folder 10-11 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Reader Reviews, Notes, Correspondence, 2005-06


Box Series 7 Box 8 Folder 12 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Publisher Galley Copy, Notes, 2005-07


Box Series 7 Box 8 Folder 13 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Research Materials Not Stored With Chapters, circa 2005



Box Series 7 Box 9 Folder 1-2 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Research Materials Not Used With Chapters, circa 2005


Box Series 7 Box 9 Folder 3-4 Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil: Notes, circa 2005



Box RC7 Writings, circa 1989 -- 2010



Box RC9 Writings, circa 2007 -- 2013