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Women at Prayer

by Mary Collins
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1987 Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality, Mary Collins. Women have a special intuition of God that has been too long neglected by the churches but which can be recognized today in the experiences of remarkable women witnesses.

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Women, Collins suggests, have always encountered suspicion when trying to share prayer experiences with men. This explores insights of three modern women marginally or centrally identified with Catholicism: the painter Meinrad Craighead, a former Benedictine contemplative; poet Anne Sexton; and writer Annie Dillard. Discussing also a group of Jewish feminists who gather monthly for a liturgy around ``Miriam's well,'' this is most provocative. EC

Book Details

Published
December 1, 1987
Publisher
Paulist Press International,U.S.
Pages
56
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780809129492

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