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Women and Spirituality: Voices of Protest and Promise: Voices of Protests and Promise
Ursula King
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Description for Women and Spirituality: Voices of Protest and Promise: Voices of Protests and Promise
Hardcover. Ursula King believes that women everywhere are seeking a life-affirming spirituality in response to the needs and opportunities of the age. Women and Spirituality gives a wide-ranging account of women's relations with the world's religions and the spiritual dimension of human life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
In the autumn of 1988 a group of Israeli women donned prayer shawls, took up the Torah, and gathered at the Wailing Wall to pray. The religious leaders of the State of Israel were appalled and proposed that the holy relics, so defiled, be burned. The Catholic Church has steadfastly refused to ordain women as priests. Examples of exclusionary practice abound in all the major religions. In the face of such attitudes and practices, how can women share fully in the spiritual wealth of which our religions are the expression? To what extent are patriarchy, androcentrism, and sexism inherent in ... Read more
In the autumn of 1988 a group of Israeli women donned prayer shawls, took up the Torah, and gathered at the Wailing Wall to pray. The religious leaders of the State of Israel were appalled and proposed that the holy relics, so defiled, be burned. The Catholic Church has steadfastly refused to ordain women as priests. Examples of exclusionary practice abound in all the major religions. In the face of such attitudes and practices, how can women share fully in the spiritual wealth of which our religions are the expression? To what extent are patriarchy, androcentrism, and sexism inherent in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
New Amsterdam Books
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780941533539
SKU
V9780941533539
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Reviews for Women and Spirituality: Voices of Protest and Promise: Voices of Protests and Promise
Her examination of women's protests, of the emerging new consciousness, of women's history is highly accomplished.
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