Foreword / Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot -- 1. Surviving the Blight -- 2. Slave Ideology and Biblical Interpretation -- 3. The Emergence of Black Feminist Consciousness -- 4. Moral Wisdom in the Black Women's Literary Tradition -- 5. Womanist Perspectival Discourse and Canon Formation -- 6. Resources for a Constructive Ethic: The Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston -- 7. Unctuousness as Virtue -- Acc…