| Description |
x, 262 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Theory and historical background -- Introduction: Low places where grace pours in -- Mysticism and feminism : academic foundations -- Goddesses, mother Jesus, and the feminine divine -- Contemplative feminism : transforming the spiritual journey -- Part II: Women mystics of medieval Europe -- Women mystics and a feminism of the inner way -- Julian and Teresa as cartographers of women's soul -- The soul of woman and the dark night of the feminine -- Subversion in contemplation : resistance, resiliency, and women's dignificaton -- Part III: Embodied and engaged contemplation -- Women's body as mystical text -- Seeing through God's eye : women's spiritual rights -- Love of the world : an ethic of ultimate concern -- Hymn to Hagia Sophia. |
| Subject |
Feminist theology -- History.
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Feminist theology. |
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History. |
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Women mystics.
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Women mystics. |
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Mysticism -- History.
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Mysticism. |
| ISBN |
0800636988 alkaline paper |
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