Women and SpiritualityWritten 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. |
Contents
Ecstasy Religion and Spirituality | 5 |
The Context of Spirituality | 15 |
Women and Spirituality | 27 |
A Spirituality of This World | 45 |
Circumstance Conflict Suffering and Guilt | 57 |
Death | 71 |
Love Unity Joy Contribution and Birth | 89 |
Beyond Solitude to Compassion | 103 |
The Spiritual Walk | 113 |
Time | 129 |
A New Spirituality | 145 |
Notes | 159 |
Works Cited | 167 |
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