This book project is an ethnographic study of ten African-American women in coastal South Carolina and the communicative, religious practices these women call "tulking to de dead." Talking to the dead - a perceived ongoing exchange between living and deceased members of these communities - is facilitated by socio-cultural activities such as storytelling and sweetgrass basketry, but is more often revealed through practices of prayer and the singing of sacred songs. Examination of talking to the dead demonstrates the rich cultural viscosity inherent in Gullah/Geechee religion, which simultaneously draws from a blending of African and Christian religious practices. The women who practice talking to the dead in no way view it as antithetical to their Christian identities. Rather, they see talking to the dead as a way to celebrate their past while promoting their Christian faith. This study is unique because of its employment of an interdisciplinary method that joins womanist theology, ethnomusicology, history, and anthropology. It is also distinct because its integrated comparison of scholarly and lived perspectives of religion reveals the ways that Christian rituals function as a means of continuing traditional practices. This book thus deepens our understandings of African-American women's contributions upon the expansive landscape of American Christianity.