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Dodson examines the history of traditional religious practices in the Oriente region of contemporary Cuba.

Engendering Church explores the power, processes, and circumstances that brought about the new gender relations in the African Methodist Church--one of the largest African American denominations in the U.S. Dodson tells the heroic stories of women like Sara Hatcher who rose from behind the scenes to confront the hierarchy of male clergy. Dodson's historical account of the church and its many changes show that unless women hold church positions, they are overlooked as proactive agents of organizational power. She also links the church to broader social change. When women began to function in...

"Birthed in Ghana during a roundtable style dialogue between scholars from around the world, this third TRRR [Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race] volume focuses on the religions and spirituality of African descendants."--Chapter 1.