Article: `Womanist' theologian retraces her way `home'.(NEWS)(FAITH & VALUES)

Byline: Martha Sawyer Allen; Staff Writer

Diana L. Hayes was a lawyer in New York, busy being a professional woman, minding her own business.

Then in 1979 God got in the way. She has gone from the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church to the Catholic Church; from being a lawyer to being an internationally renown Catholic theologian and one of the founders and leaders in the "womanist" theology movement.

It is a strain of Christianity formed by black women who bring their voices to the theology and influence the church's teachings.

Hayes has written many articles and books and is coming to the Twin Cities April 29 to speak. From her ...

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