Download or read book Women Spirituality and Transformative Leadership written by Kathleen S. Hurty and published by SkyLight Paths Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dynamic conversation on the power of women's spiritual leadership and its emerging patterns of transformation. "We invite you to come with curiosity into this living community of spiritual women, listening deeply as they share their personal stories of how their spiritual journeys have shaped and honed them as leaders.... We do not offer answers to all of the complex questions facing us as a human family, but we invite you to join us as we surrender to the mystery of being open, present and engaged together in these uncertain times." --from the Introduction This empowering resource engages women in an interactive exploration of the challenges and opportunities on the frontier of women's spiritual leadership. Through the voices of North American women representing a matrix of diversity--ethnically, spiritually, religiously, generationally and geographically--women will be inspired to new expressions of their own personal leadership and called into powerful collaborative action. CONTRIBUTORS: Lisa Anderson * Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD * Karen R. Boyett, MA * Fredelle Brief * Reverend Guo Cheen * Joan Chittister, OSB * Phyllis W. Curott, JD and HPs * Dr. Barbara E. Fields * Rachelle Figueroa * Carol Lee Flinders, PhD * China Galland * The Right Reverend Mary Douglas Glasspool * Shareda Hosein * Kathleen S. Hurty, PhD * Musimbi Kanyoro, PhD * Valarie Kaur * Kay Lindahl * Dawn T. Maracle, MEd, EdD (ABD) * Courtney E. Martin * Susan Quinn * Jan Booman Saeed * Adelia Sandoval * Ann Marie Sayers * Kathe Schaaf * Reverend Lorenza Andrade Smith * ALisa Starkweather * Lynda Terry * Diane Tillman * Yoland Trevino * Karma Lekshe Tsomo * Nontombi Naomi Tutu * Jamia Wilson
Download or read book Women s Spirituality written by Mary Faulkner and published by Hampton Roads Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the inside scoop on goddesses, Amazons, and ancient matriarchal societies, to feminist theology and pagan rituals--Women’s Spirituality offers a comprehensive survey of what is happening in women’s spirituality today. Mary Faulkner also provides a sweeping historical and social overview of women’s spiritual experience from the dawn of civilization to present day: Goddesses, amazons, priestesses and Magicthe history of early matriarchal societiesecofeminismPagan and New Age ritualsWiccan, Celtic, Jewish, Christian, native peoples, and other spiritual traditions Faulkner also highlights the work of well-known writers, theologians, and academics who have contributed to the field, including Barbara Walker, Marija Gimbutas, Luisah Teish, Starhawk, Alice Walker, Rosemary Ruether, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sallie McFague, Mary Daly, Judith Plaskow, Carol Christ, Sue Monk Kidd, and many more. For the novice, adept, or the simply curious, this book offers both a sweeping history and an inside view of one of the most profound movements and moving religious impulses of today.
Download or read book Images of Faith written by Judette A. Gallares and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published by Claretian Publications ... Quezon City 1101 Philippines"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225).
Download or read book Celtic Women s Spirituality written by Edain McCoy and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash your inner warrior and embrace a timeless vision of the divine: strong, courageous, feminine. Craft your own spiritual practice centered firmly in the Celtic mystical tradition. In this book you'll discover how any woman can awaken the Goddess spirit and release the wisdom and magick that is her birthright.
Download or read book Women s Spirituality written by Joanne Wolski Conn and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Women's Spirituality' is an enlarged and revised edition of the widely used anthology that looks at the spiritual and psychological dimensions of women's lives. Using classical and contemporary texts, the present volume illuminates the way feminist issues find grounding in great spiritual teachers such as Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Ignatius Loyola, and Jane de Chantal. Four sections develop the central theme. The first considers contemporary issues: women in ministry, different forms of feminist spirituality, and sexism in the church. The second provides contemporary resources for psychological development. The third gives examples of spiritual development in the biblical, Ignatian, Carmelite, and Salesian traditions. The final section considers new visions of women's spirituality in the present day. Contributors to this volume include Anne Carr, Joann Wolski Conn, Kathleen Fischer, Constance FitzGerald, James Fowler, Carol Gilligan, Rosemary Haughton, Elizabeth A. Johnson, Robert Kegan, John McDargh, Jean Baker Miller, Sandra M. Schneiders, Elisabeth Schÿssler Fiorenza, Mary Jo Weaver, Rowan Williams, and Wendy M. Wright.
Download or read book Women and Spirituality written by Carol Ochs and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1997 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an acclaimed scholar to enrich and complete the vision offered by traditional Western spirituality, Women and Spirituality demonstrates that women, as women, have a valuable contribution to make to religion. This new edition is revised and updated in light of thirteen years of feminism, including new biblical role models and a new chapter on women's special relationship to time. Prodding readers to pay attention to their own experiences, Ochs challenges traditional religious concepts such as solitary struggle, otherworldliness, and the spiritual journey to a distant goal, and shows how women's spirituality focuses on relationships with others, commitment to this world, and engagement with the present.
Download or read book Women s Spirituality Women s Lives written by Ellen Cole and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enlightening book examines how the feminist spirituality movement contributes to the establishment of new paradigms of mental health for women. Women’s Spirituality, Women’s Lives examines possible psychotherapeutic implications for women engaged in feminist spirituality and stimulates much-needed conversation between feminist therapists and feminist theologians/ritualists. Feminist spirituality is part of the current broad challenge to accepted ways of knowing and being. This book argues that as women tell their own stories, they create rituals that enable them to feel a sense of control over the future and to move toward a kind of authority, agency, and autonomy associated with mental health and psychological well-being. Women from many cultural backgrounds and religious perspectives have embraced alternative forms of spiritual expression, based on profound theoretical challenges to mainstream religious beliefs, ranging from calls for the radical reclamation and reconstruction of religious traditions to personal involvement in goddess worship and Wicca. Women’s Spirituality, Women’s Lives presents theoretical, conceptual, and experiential chapters that analyze the extent to which these proliferating women’s groups represent the beginnings of new norms of mental health for women. Women’s Spirituality, Women’s Lives presents a variety of voices, including Native American, Christian, Jewish, and Wiccan. Chapters are divided into three sections--Laying the Groundwork, Theoretical Challenges, and Living It Out--and explore a diverse array of topics such as: the “shouting” church and Black women’s mental health a traditionalist Native American challenge to New Age cooptation a feminist group and Jewish women’s self-identity lesbian altar-making and mental health feminist Wicca in the U.S. and Germany the martial arts and women’s mental health the use of feminist rituals in therapy and as therapy Feminist therapists and theologians, as well as other individuals interested in feminist spirituality or alternative spirituality, will find this book a fascinating exploration of the various aspects of the spirituality of women. Women’s Spirituality, Women’s Lives is also an excellent reader to expand the thinking of students in classes in women’s studies and religious studies.
Download or read book The Politics of Women s Spirituality written by Charlene Spretnak and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1982 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays discuss goddess worship, spiritual consciousness, the relationship between politics and religion, and applications of spirituality as a political force.
Download or read book Dance of the Spirit written by Maria Harris and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-07-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each woman has a special spiritual destiny, as unique and inalienable as the rhythms that govern her life. Maria Harris teaches women how to dance to the music of their own souls and discover the spiritual steps that can transform their lives.
Download or read book WomanSoul written by Carole A. Rayburn and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2008-05-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a path of meaning seeking, healing, and transformation, spirituality is becoming more prominent in our society. Historically, women have been the custodians of their families' spiritual domain. This book advances the concept of Woman Soul, a gender-specific way of embracing spirituality. WomanSoul discusses the personal and professional impact of spirituality in the lives of women from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. It examines the psychological, multicultural, and personal expressions of female spirituality. More specifically, the essays collected here look at the impact of women's spirituality on identity, healing, and transformation across the lifecourse. WomanSoul focuses on how females express spirituality from their diverse backgrounds and situated realities. It cuts across ethnic identities, culture, and a multitude of spiritual experiences, such as Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, Goddess, Native American, and Agnosticism. As women tend to experience sacredness in a gender-specific manner, they frequently place more emphasis on spirituality than on religiousness. Seen as a freeing force by most women, spirituality is most often perceived to be more gender-fair, culturally liberating, and less restrictive than many religious denominations. Both informative and inspirational, WomanSoul is written by psychologists who understand the implications of spirituality on the lives of women and the people around them.
Download or read book Women Spirituality and Transformative Leadership written by Kathe Schaaf and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dynamic conversation on the power of women's spiritual leadership and its emerging patterns of transformation. "We invite you to come with curiosity into this living community of spiritual women, listening deeply as they share their personal stories of how their spiritual journeys have shaped and honed them as leaders.... We do not offer answers to all of the complex questions facing us as a human family, but we invite you to join us as we surrender to the mystery of being open, present and engaged together in these uncertain times." —from the Introduction This empowering resource engages women in an interactive exploration of the challenges and opportunities on the frontier of women's spiritual leadership. Through the voices of North American women representing a matrix of diversity—ethnically, spiritually, religiously, generationally and geographically—women will be inspired to new expressions of their own personal leadership and called into powerful collaborative action.
Download or read book Religion and Spirituality for Diverse Women written by Thema Bryant-Davis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays considers the role of spirituality and religion in the lives of American women from various ethnic backgrounds, showing how faith empowers those in populations often marginalized in the United States. Religion and spirituality are sources of strength and resilience for many women, particularly ethnically diverse women. This thought-provoking text examines this psychological trend, exploring the specific ways in which women from diverse backgrounds have benefited from their faith traditions, the various spiritual pathways they have chosen, and the impact of those choices on their lives. Essays in this informative compilation show how women from African American, Latina, American Indian, Asian American, and Caucasian backgrounds recover from difficulties and traumas with the help of their faith. Contributors consider why women are more likely to endorse religious engagement than men; why ethnically marginalized women tap into spirituality for comfort more than any other population; and why many believers embrace religion as a coping mechanism throughout their lives—from adolescence to older adulthood. The work suggests ways for counselors, leaders, and religious figures to utilize this knowledge to bolster the well-being of those they serve.
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Women s Spirituality written by Mary Faulkner and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the uniquely feminine side of spirituality and the way the quest for education and self-determination evolution has brought a womanly slant to religion. -- This is a book for women - and men! - of all faiths; the author's experience and sensitivity will guarantee interest and appreciation across religious and cultural lines -- Traditional and more modern aspects of spirituality will be included, and the book will include several chapters concerning the goddess archetype that is so popular these days. -- Women are at the forefront of the spirit/body integration and holistic thought that is powering the healing arts and religion in the 21st century, which will be explored in the book. The Complete Idiot's Guide "RM" to Women's Spirituality covers real women and their spiritual awakenings -- from patriarchy to partnership; traditional approaches to spirituality -- the image of women and their roles in the three major world religions; the rise and fall -- and rise again -- of the goddess -- and a day in the life of a real goddess; our foremothers -- profiles in spirituality; and letting the spirit free -- mind, body, and spirit and seeking wholeness.
Download or read book Foremothers of the Women s Spirituality Movement written by Miriam Robbins Dexter and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty years ago, the Second Wave Feminist Movement was in full swing in America. Besides fighting for legal issues such as equal pay in the marketplace and the right to have a credit card or keep one's own name, feminists demanded women's health and reproductive rights, marriage reform, and sexual freedom. Radical women began to question the very concept of God as male, with "man in his image," and from this revolutionary brew, the Women's Spirituality movement was born. Just as foam-born Aphrodite arose from the sea, the revolutionary Goddess movement arose to inspire women around the country and the world to begin researching ancient worldwide Goddess-based cultures and to create spontaneous circles of women's ritual and Goddess worship. Some called themselves witches, leaving the church or temple to start covens or churches of their own; others worked within mainstream religious frameworks to bring the "feminine" into what had earlier been male-only priesthoods and doctrines. This seeming explosion of creative religious expression on the part of contemporary Western women is the thematic focus of this book; the 33 chapters are the individual stories of the movement's founders in their own words. This is an important book for Women's Studies and the study of Women's Spirituality.
Download or read book Women s Spirituality in the Twentieth Century written by Heather Ingman and published by Peter Lang Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2004 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author employs the insights of feminist theologies to illuminate her reading of 20th-century women's fiction. Among her topics are convent schools, women's struggles with institutional religion, the female mystic, goddess feminism, ecofeminism, and womanism in Alice Walker.
Download or read book A Woman s Way written by P. Ranft and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the significance of spiritual direction in modern Christianity, surprisingly little attention has been given to the tradition upon which today s spiritual direction is built. This book delinates the history of spiritual direction for women and by women within the larger context of the history of Christian spirituality and its understanding of human perfectibility. By examining the ways in which women practiced spiritual direction, this study reveals the degree to which women influenced society by using an avenue of influence previously overlooked by scholars.
Download or read book Women Spirituality and Transformative Leadership written by Guo Cheen and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dynamic conversation on the power of women's spiritual leadership and its emerging patterns of transformation.''''We invite you to come with curiosity into this living community of spiritual women, listening deeply as they share their personal stories of how their spiritual journeys have shaped and honed them as leaders.... We do not offer answers to all of the complex questions facing us as a human family, but we invite you to join us as we surrender to the mystery of being open, present and engaged together in these uncertain times.'''' - from the IntroductionThis empowering resource engages women in an interactive exploration of the challenges and opportunities on the frontier of women's spiritual leadership.Through the voices of North American women representing a matrix of diversity - ethnically, spiritually, religiously, generationally and geographically - women will be inspired to new expressions of their own personal leadership and called into powerful collaborative action.
