Tricia Hersey

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Impact and significance

Her project made rest a subject of political and cultural organising. Matria records her theological language as part of her published framework; its liberation claims are distinct from medical evidence about treating illness.

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Works in the archive

• The Nap Ministry (founded 2016)
• Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto (2022)

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Sources and access

• The Nap Ministry. Our work has a framework: Rest Is Resistance!, 2021.

  Framework: Black liberation theology and womanism

• Hersey, Tricia. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto. Little, Brown Spark, 2022.Bibliographic reference. Consult the named edition through a library or publisher.

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