Winner of Catholic Press Association Book-of-the-Year AwardSpirituality
Unique in its range and depth, this lavish anthology for the first time captures in a single volume the mostnotable spiritual writings of leading women from all periods of Christian history.
Because spirituality involves more than simply prayer and piety, Madigan has selected women whosequests for intimacy with God also involves some visionary experience or social witness. Ranging fromPerpetua in the third century to Mother Teresa and Edwina Gately in this century, her volume includeswritings from both European women and, in the modern period, Asian, American, and African American women. Apart from redressing the heavy gender imbalance of most histories of Christianity, this volumealso provides strong historical introductions to and bibliographies of the twenty-six women whose writings are generously excerpted.
Women included in this volume are:
Perpetua the Martyr
Pelagia the Actress
Brigit of Ireland
Balthild the Queen of Neustria
Dhuoda of Septimania
Hildegard of Bingen
Heloise
Mechthild of Magdeburg
Gertrude the Great
Hadewijch
Julian of Norwich
Catherine of Siena
Margery Kempe
Teresa of Avila
Jane Frances de Chantal
Sojourner Truth
Maria Stewart
Gabrielle Bossis
Dorothy Day
Caryll Houselander
Pauli Murray
Laura Lopez
Silvia Maribel Arriola
Mother Teresa
Cho Wha Soon
Mercy Amba Oduyoye
Edwina Gately