In Hidden Histories , Monique Moultrie collects oral histories of Black lesbian religious leaders in the United States to show how their authenticity, social justice awareness, spirituality, and collaborative leadership make them models of womanist ethical leadership. By examining their life histories, Moultrie frames queer storytelling as an ethical act of resistance to the racism, sexism, and heterosexism these women experience. She outlines these women’s collaborative, intergenerational, and leadership styles, and their concerns for the greater good and holistic well-being of humanity and the earth. She also demonstrates how their ethos of social justice activism extends beyond LGBTQ and racialized communities and provides other models of religious and community leadership. Addressing the invisibility of Black lesbian religious leaders in scholarship and public discourse, Moultrie revises modern understandings of how race, gender, and sexual identities interact with religious practice and organization in the twenty-first century. "Moultrie’s eighteen oral history interviews of Black lesbian religious leaders are a precious gift to the future study of queer religions, Black religions, and American religions."― William Stell , American Religion " Hidden Histories will serve as a resource for Black lesbians committed to the church and religious communities. It provides a necessary repository of contemporary stories of navigating faith, religion, community, sexuality, and Black life. . . . The richness of this text is evident in its advancement of theories of womanism,  ethical leadership, and social ethics. Its ethnographic method deepens how we might understand the oral histories and storytelling of Black LGBTQIA+ folks as informative to our theoretical musings."― Shatavia L. Wynn , QTR "Moultrie is masterful in visioning a womanist model for ethical leadership as she weaves together the stories of these exceptional women."― Teresa L. Smallwood , Journal of Religion “In this pioneering and beautifully written book Monique Moultrie analyzes the contributions of Black lesbian religious leaders to new forms of ethical leadership, contrasting their models of shared leadership with the forms most associated with Black male religious leaders that focus more on the charismatic individual. No previous scholar has ever told these stories, making Hidden Histories of great importance to the study of religion in the United States; research on models of leadership; women’s, gender, and sexuality studies; and African American studies.” -- Bernadette J. Brooten, Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies, Emerita, Brandeis University Monique Moultrie is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Georgia State University and author of Passionate and Pious: Religious Media and Black Women’s Sexuality , also published by Duke University Press.