If It Wasn't for the Women Religion_ Religion & Science is director of the Institute

is director of the Institute for Dialogue with Cultures and Religions in Chennai (formerly Madras)

and philosopher of social science

The Widow and the Unjust Judge

His many honors

creative nonfiction

If It Wasn't for the Women Religion_ Religion & Science is director of the InstituteThese 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. Gilkes examines the ways black women and their experience shape the culture and consciousness of the black religious experience, and reflects on some of the crises and conflicts that attend this experience. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes