Womanspirit rising : a feminist reader in religion / edited by Carol P. Christ and Judith Plaskow.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- womanspirit rising. Part 1 -- the essential challenge: does theology speak to women's experience?. The human situation: a feminine view -- Valerie Saiving. Motherearth and the megamachine -- Rosemary Radford Ruether. After the death of God the Father -- Mary Daly. Part 2 -- the past: does it hold a future for women?. Reflections on the meaning of herstory -- Sheila Collins. Eve and Adam: Genesis 2-3 -- Phyllis Trible. Women in the early Christian movement -- Elisabeth Fiorenza. The Christian past: does it hold a fuure for women? -- Eleanor McLaughlin. What became of God the Mother? -- Elaine Pagels. When God was a woman -- Merlin Stone. Part 3 -- reconstructing tradition. Feminist spirituality, Christian identity, and Catholic vision -- Elisabeth Fiorenza. Theology in the politics of Appalachian women -- Sheila Collins. The dilemma of celebration -- Nelle Morton. Female god language in a Jewish context -- Rita Gross. Sabbath prayers for women -- Naomi Janowitz and Maggie Wenig. Bringing a daughter into the covenant -- Judith Plaskow. A Jewish woman's Haggadah -- Aviva Cantor. Part 4 -- creating new traditions. The coming of Lilith: toward a feminist theology -- Judith Plaskow. Why speak about God? -- Mary Daly. Dreams and fantasies as sources of revelation: feminist appropriation of Jung -- Naomi R. Goldenberg. Spiritual quest and women's experience -- Carol P. Christ. Becoming woman: menstruation as spiritual experience -- Penelope Washburn. Witchcraft and women's culture -- Starhawk. Self-blessing ritual -- Zsuzsanna E. Budapest. Why women need the goddess: phenomenological, psychological, and political reflections -- Carol P. Christ

'...provides a clear overview of contemporary feminist thinking on religion. Uniformly compelling yet diversely constituted, these historical, theological, and ritual pieces stimulate exciting discussion and open new paths of inquiry.'

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