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- catalog abstract "American women - Catholic and Protestant - tell what it's like to be a woman in the church as a new millennium approaches. "Women and religion are at a crossroad," writes a Roman Catholic mother from New Mexico. "If women are not taken seriously and their talents recognized, there will be serious consequences. I've had three daughters and they are not drawn to current religious traditions. They see no place for women. Why join such confusion?" This groundbreaking book documents, in the words of the women themselves, the pain, frustration, and creative tension experienced by those who embrace feminist values within the context of institutional religion. It reveals how a growing number of them are taking responsibility for their own spiritual and religious lives. Hundreds of women from all denominations also speak here of an emerging feminist spirituality supported and nurtured in women's groups which transcend traditional religious boundaries. Responding to the call to live justly, women are celebrating their own liturgies, envisioning a more inclusive future, and empowering one another to challenge patriarchal religion, and they are in the process redefining Church. The book shows that many of these women are remaining within the established churches, but on their own terms, as potential agents of transformation in congregations and denominations, as women who are "defecting in place." Filled with true stories and supported by comments from women theologians, Defecting in Place brings good news to women who feel alienated from the Church and excluded from its rituals - you are not alone! Here is must reading for everyone.".
- catalog contributor b6598523.
- catalog contributor b6598524.
- catalog contributor b6598525.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "American women - Catholic and Protestant - tell what it's like to be a woman in the church as a new millennium approaches. "Women and religion are at a crossroad," writes a Roman Catholic mother from New Mexico. "If women are not taken seriously and their talents recognized, there will be serious consequences. I've had three daughters and they are not drawn to current religious traditions. They see no place for women. Why join such confusion?"".
- catalog description "Filled with true stories and supported by comments from women theologians, Defecting in Place brings good news to women who feel alienated from the Church and excluded from its rituals - you are not alone! Here is must reading for everyone.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-312).".
- catalog description "The women in this study -- Women in Protestant and related traditions -- Women in the Roman Catholic Church -- Feminist spirituality groups for support and alternative liturgy -- Feminist spirituality -- Reflections by project consultants. Feminist movement / Elizabeth Bettenhausen -- The positionality of women in the African American church community / Katie Geneva Cannon -- No defect here : a Black Roman Catholic womanist reflection on a spirituality of survival / Toinette M. Eugene -- Spiritual movements of transformation? A critical feminist reflection / Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza -- Women-church and similar spiritual support groups in mainline Protestant and Catholic churches : comments on the Hartford study / Beverly W. Harrison -- A mujerista perspective on the future of the women's movement and the church / Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz -- Feminism : a critique from a sociohistorical perspective / Marie Augusta Neal -- Women-church on the road to change / Diann L. Neu -- Defecting in place : reflections on women's spiritual quest and new support groups / Rosemary Radford Ruether -- Searching for a church in the round / Letty M. Russell.".
- catalog description "This groundbreaking book documents, in the words of the women themselves, the pain, frustration, and creative tension experienced by those who embrace feminist values within the context of institutional religion. It reveals how a growing number of them are taking responsibility for their own spiritual and religious lives. Hundreds of women from all denominations also speak here of an emerging feminist spirituality supported and nurtured in women's groups which transcend traditional religious boundaries. Responding to the call to live justly, women are celebrating their own liturgies, envisioning a more inclusive future, and empowering one another to challenge patriarchal religion, and they are in the process redefining Church. The book shows that many of these women are remaining within the established churches, but on their own terms, as potential agents of transformation in congregations and denominations, as women who are "defecting in place."".
- catalog extent "xii, 312 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Defecting in place.".
- catalog identifier "0824514173".
- catalog isFormatOf "Defecting in place.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Crossroad,".
- catalog relation "Defecting in place.".
- catalog subject "248.8/43 20".
- catalog subject "BV4527 .W56 1994".
- catalog subject "Feminist theology.".
- catalog subject "Women Religious life.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The women in this study -- Women in Protestant and related traditions -- Women in the Roman Catholic Church -- Feminist spirituality groups for support and alternative liturgy -- Feminist spirituality -- Reflections by project consultants. Feminist movement / Elizabeth Bettenhausen -- The positionality of women in the African American church community / Katie Geneva Cannon -- No defect here : a Black Roman Catholic womanist reflection on a spirituality of survival / Toinette M. Eugene -- Spiritual movements of transformation? A critical feminist reflection / Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza -- Women-church and similar spiritual support groups in mainline Protestant and Catholic churches : comments on the Hartford study / Beverly W. Harrison -- A mujerista perspective on the future of the women's movement and the church / Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz -- Feminism : a critique from a sociohistorical perspective / Marie Augusta Neal -- Women-church on the road to change / Diann L. Neu -- Defecting in place : reflections on women's spiritual quest and new support groups / Rosemary Radford Ruether -- Searching for a church in the round / Letty M. Russell.".
- catalog title "Defecting in place : women claiming responsibility for their own spiritual lives / Miriam Therese Winter, Adair Lummis, Allison Stokes.".
- catalog type "text".