If It Wasn't for the Women: Black Women's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community by Cheryl Townsend Gilkes These collected essays examine the roles of women in their churches and communities, the implication of those roles for African American culture, and the tensions and stereotypes that shape societal responses to these roles.

In a Blaze of Glory: Womanist Spirituality as Social Witness by Emilie M. Townes A treatment of the connection between black women’s spirituality and social activism. Moves historically from 19th-century women’s activism, through the era of lynching, to contemporary issues of gender and sexuality as well as other fissures within the black community.

Katie's Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community (Online) by Katie Geneva Cannon (Editor) A selection of essays written for a variety of occasions throughout Cannon's celebrated career. The volume weaves together the particularities of Cannon's own history and the oral tradition of African American women, African American women's literary traditions, and sociocultural and ethical analysis

Walking Through the Valley: Womanist Explorations in the Spirit of Katie Geneva Cannon (Online) by Emilie M. Townes; Stacey Floyd-Thomas; Alison P. Gise-Johnson; Angela D. Sims (Editors) An exploration of the legacy of Cannon's work in four critical areas: justice, leadership, embodied ethics, and sacred texts.

The Black Christ by Kelly Brown Douglas In this classic work, first published in 1994, Kelly Brown Douglas offers a compelling portrait of who Jesus is for the Black community.

Mining the Motherlode: Methods in Womanist Ethics by Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas; Katie Geneva Cannon (Foreword by) Methodological perspectives in womanist approaches to religious ethics. Presents philosophical and theological grounding for womanist theo-ethical discourses addressing moral and political concerns in black women’s lives.

My Sister, My Brother: Womanist and Xodus God-Talk by Karen Baker-Fletcher; Garth Baker-Fletcher A mutually affirming and critical dialogue between a womanist and black theologian. Addresses black and womanist perspectives on traditional Christian doctrines, drawing from black historical and cultural resources.

Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics (Online) by Traci C. West A womanist account of violence against black women and the religious resources that black women deploy as means of resistance.

Ain't I a Womanist, Too?: Third-Wave Womanist Religious Thought (Online) by Monica A. Coleman Third wave womanism is a new movement within religious studies with deep roots in the tradition of womanist religious thought--while also departing from it in key ways. After a helpful and orienting introduction, this volume gathers essays from established and emerging scholars whose work is among the most lively and innovative scholarship today.

Living the Intersection: Womanism and Afrocentrism in Theology by Cheryl J. Sanders Womanist theologians and scholars of religion reflect on the convergences and divergences between Afrocentricity and womanism, as developed initially by Molefi Asante and Alice Walker, respectively, and subsequently used in academic circles. Essays draw out the implications for these two approaches to African American scholarship for the study of (black) religion.

Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology by Monica A. Coleman A “postmodern” womanist theology that is developed in conversation with process theological and philosophical thought. Coleman’s project includes expanding beyond an exclusively Christian focus to include significant attention to African-derived religions as a source for womanist theology. Also considers religious themes in black women’s science fiction writing as source for a forward-looking postmodern womanist virtue ethic.