A Religious Life Of Pauli Murray PDF Download

This thesis explores the societal and personal dimensions of the Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray's life and thought. As activist and intellectual, she fought and argued for human liberation that was universal while addressing particular societal limits on each oppressed group. Despite its flaws, she valued the women's movement because it was based on a category of humanity that reaches across nearly all groups. She acknowledged and accepted the risk that any woman's primary loyalty may be with a category of her identity other than gender. Murray became an Episcopal priest to educate and to facilitate relations across structural boundaries. The theology she wrote rested on the ideological foundation expressed in her poetry and by her activism. She critiqued Black and feminist extremes, envisioned commonalties and asserted radical inclusivity consistently calling for reconciliation. Her thought assumes ongoing struggle and celebrates small victories. Personally, religious faith was the foundation that guided her carefully directed anger in response to racism, sexism, classism to end all oppressions for all people ultimately striving for integration and self- realization that brings holistic reconciliation. The diversity of her roles included poet, labor activist, co-founder of NOW, civil rights lawyer, professor and priest.