Ordinary Theologies ― Religio-Spirituality and the Leadership of Black Female Principals

Arnold explores the religious and spiritual in the leadership practices of Black female school principals, showing how religion and spirituality provide a space for agency. She highlights the multiple ways Black women leaders navigate their intersecting public and private lives as they engage in social justice. Her topics are: contextual constructs; womanist theology and methodology and method; narratives of four Black women leaders as testimony; exegesis; spirit-led: the dialogic of womanist theology and educational leadership; and meditations and musings. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Noelle Witherspoon Arnold is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Arnold has over 20 publications and four books. She has served in international positions for the American Educational Research Association and the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA). She is currently president-elect of UCEA. Dr. Arnold’s research agenda includes issues of race and gender, Black spirituality, history, and leadership.