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11%OFFKristina K. Groover - Things of the Spirit: Women Writers Constructing Spirituality - 9780268029623 - V9780268029623
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Things of the Spirit: Women Writers Constructing Spirituality

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Description for Things of the Spirit: Women Writers Constructing Spirituality Paperback. In essays on topics ranging from Teresa of Avila's mysticism to the politicized spirituality of postmodern women writers, the contributors chronicle the development of women's spiritual writing as a context for defining, challenging, and changing women's experiences in the world. Editor(s): Groover, Kristina K. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.

In essays on topics ranging from Teresa of Avila's sixteenth-century mysticism to the politicized spirituality of postmodern women writers, the contributors to Things of the Spirit chronicle the development of women's spiritual writing as a context for defining, challenging, and changing women's experiences in the world. They explore the nature of the sacred and women's relationship to the sacred in the writings of women poets, diarists, autobiographers, and fiction writers.

Kristina Groover contends that identifying and analyzing women's spiritual writing relies on redefining the sacred hierarchical structures that dominate the Christian tradition by allowing for spiritualities that are heterogeneous ... Read more

Groover argues that efforts to reform oppressive religious traditions have led many to turn to sources outside of conventional religious practice for spiritual insights. At this intersection of literary and theological studies, readers and scholars have found a rich tradition of women's spiritual writing stretching back to the earliest women writers. Essays in Things of the Spirit introduce many of these previously suppressed or discounted works to modern readers. This well-written and accessible new book will be useful in courses on women's literature, women and religion, women's spirituality, and religion and literature.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press Indiana
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268029623
SKU
V9780268029623
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About Kristina K. Groover
Kristina K. Groover is associate professor of English at Appalachian State University.

Reviews for Things of the Spirit: Women Writers Constructing Spirituality
“Kristina Groover's collection of essays on women spiritual writers, Things of the Spirit, uncovers a rich vein of lesser known women mystics or women writers who have not previously been read as spiritual writers. This volume discloses a new way of looking at spiritual experience and writing from a women's perspective.” —Rosemary Radford Ruether, Carpenter Professor of Feminist Theology, Graduate ... Read more

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