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Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (born 1947) is an American sociologist, womanist scholar, college professor, and ordained Baptist minister.


Biography

Cheryl Townsend was born on November 2, 1947, in
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,
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. She is the daughter of Murray Luke Townsend Jr. and Evelyn Townsend (née Reid). In 1968, she married Carlton I. Gikes. They were married for three years and divorced in 1971. Gilkes earned three degrees in sociology from
Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male instit ...
, in Boston. She completed a
Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...
in 1970, a
Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Those admitted to the degree have ...
in 1973, and then earned her Ph.D. in 1979. From 1978 to 1987, she taught sociology at
Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...
as an assistant professor. From 1981 to 1982, she was a research assistant at the Women's Studies in Religion Program at Harvard University. In 1987, she joined the faculty at
Colby College Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine, United States. Founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, it was renamed Waterville College in 1821. The donations of Christian philanthropist Gardner ...
, where she is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies. She also heads the African American Studies program. An ordained minister, Gilkes serves as the assistant pastor for special projects at Union Baptist Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


Works

* ''If It Wasn't for the Women:'' ''Black Women's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community.'' Orbis Books'', 2001.''


See also

*
Womanist Theology Womanist theology is a methodological approach to theology which centers the experience and perspectives of Black women, particularly African-American women. The first generation of womanist theologians and ethicists began writing in the mid to ...


References


External links

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