Mary, the Feminine Face of the Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mary, the Feminine Face of the Church write by Rosemary Radford Ruether. This book was released on 1977-01-01. Mary, the Feminine Face of the Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mary Radford Ruether's book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Mary's role in the vital doctrine of the contemporary church. In this unique study, she brings together much hard-to-find material. Her careful biblical scholarship enables us to reclaim a long-ignored part of our religious tradition. Useful for women's and other adult study groups, this book includes help for study leaders.
The Feminine Face of Christianity
The Feminine Face of Christianity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Feminine Face of Christianity write by Margaret Starbird. This book was released on 2003. The Feminine Face of Christianity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Even though feminine values have always been at the core of Christianity, its long history has often ignored or marginalized women’s key role in it. Margaret Starbird’s unique view from the feminine perspective serves the need many are feeling to search their traditional faith for fresh meaning and inspiration in these difficult times. Could Mary Magdalene have been Jesus’ wife? Starbird explores this possibility and the “sister-brides” who accompanied male disciples to forge a new understanding of gender-based faith and of sacred marriage with the Divine. She also gives us the rich heritage of stories about women’s generous service and encouragement for the inner journey, ranging all the way from little-known early saints to Mother Theresa. She points out that fundamental Christian values such as compassion, reconciliation, and the healing of crippled bodies and broken hearts are all strongly feminine in nature. Her view, though, is cooperative rather than contentious: She aims, not to discredit the masculine, but to right the missing gender balance she finds inherent in the faith. Distribution is limited to North America.
Mary According to Women
Mary According to Women - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mary According to Women write by Carol Frances Jegen. This book was released on 1985. Mary According to Women available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mary According to Women presents a contemporary study of the woman of Nazareth who changes the course of human history. The seven chapters develop familiar titles of Mary in the context of the Vatican II Church, particularly its emphasis of justice and peace. Following the lead of the second Vatican Council in its historic document, Lumen Gentium, the book develops implications of the Council's treatment of Mary "in the mystery of Christ and the Church", of one who is truly involved in the lives and struggles of Christians today. Significantly, the book is written by women whose experience and insight give new perspective to a revitalized appreciation and love of Mary.
The Maternal Face of God
The Maternal Face of God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Maternal Face of God write by Leonardo Boff. This book was released on 1987. The Maternal Face of God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
In Search of Mary
In Search of Mary - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In Search of Mary write by Sally Cunneen. This book was released on 1996-08-20. In Search of Mary available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mary--relic of the religious past or beacon of the future? Mary is more alive today than she was in the early Christian church, surfacing in art and worship in almost every culture on earth. Her appeal bridges the gap between the devotional and the secular, the uneducated and the sophisticated. But who is Mary and what exactly does she symbolize? How did a humble Jewish girl become the most honored woman in human history? Why is there so little about Mary in the Bible and so much about her in the art and history of Christianity, East and West? And why, in an age dominated by science and technology, does devotion to Mary persist? In Search of Mary is Sally Cunneen's provocative response to these questions. As Cunneen eloquently points out, in order to see Mary whole, it is important to look at all the different visions and versions of her, revisiting history through the eyes of a present day searcher. Including the latest findings by historians, anthropologists, and psychologists, as well as art historians and religious scholars, In Search of Mary reveals what we know about the life of Mary, follows the history and development of her image over the last two thousand years, and explores the different ways that Mary has transformed the lives of people today. As we struggle for greater unity in a divided world, In Search of Mary shows us a woman who can touch all people, regardless of their backgrounds. She is a profound reminder of the presence of the holy in ordinary life.
