The Religious Imagination of American Women

The Religious Imagination of American Women
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9780253213389
ISBN-13 : 025321338X
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Book Synopsis The Religious Imagination of American Women by : Mary Farrell Bednarowski

Download or read book The Religious Imagination of American Women written by Mary Farrell Bednarowski and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999-10-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores five ideas that animate the theological imagination of women in religious communities throughout America: ambivalence toward tradition; the immanence, or indwelling, of the divine; the sacredness of the ordinary and the ordinariness of the sacred; the vision of the universe as a web of relationships; and healing as a central function of religion"--back cover.


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