Introducing Womanist Theology by "First" Generation Womanist Theologians
Includes Delores Williams, Katie Cannon, and Jacquelyn Grant. Below are the classic texts by these authors, each considered foundational to Womanist theology.
Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk by 
Black Womanist Ethics by 
Katie's Canon: Womanism and the soul of the Black community by 
White Women's Christ and Black Women's Jesus: Feminist Christology and Womanist Response by Contemporary Womanist Theologians
Including Emilie Townes, Karen Baker-Fletcher, Kelly Brown Douglas, M. Shawn Copeland, Monica Coleman, and Renita Weems. For additional resources, try searching these theologians in the library catalog or ATLA Religion Database.
Key Works:
Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil by 
Sisters of Dust, Sisters of Spirit: Womanist Wordings on God and Creation by 
Dancing with God: The Trinity from a Womanist Perspective by 
Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective by 
Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God by 
Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being by 
Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology by 
Battered Love: Marriage, Sex, and Violence in the Hebrew Prophets by 
Just a Sister Away: a womanist vision of women's relationships in the Bible by These works exemplify a Womanist approach to interpreting scripture, in addition to some of the resources already mentioned above.
Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse by 
I Found God in Me: A Womanist Biblical Hermeneutics Reader by 
When Momma Speaks: The Bible and Motherhood from a Womanist Perspective by 