Wise Women: Over Two Thousand Years of Spiritual Writing by Women

by Susan Cahill

Book Overview

Spiritual experience is a liberating source of women's identity and their resistance to oppression. Moving from the Native American tale The Creation of Spider Woman and the poet-nun of Mexico Sor Juana In?s de la Cruz to the contemporary African American thinker Marian Wright Edelman and the Buddhist shaman Joan Halifax, these visionaries see justice and love, loss, aging, and freedom. It inspires them to artistic expression and political action...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393316793
• ISBN13: 9780393316797
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Wise Women: Over 2000 years.....

This not only is a great read for some one studying women in literature, but also the book was in fantastic condition.

VERY GOOD

This is a wonderful books that explores women in spirituality and their different areas of spirituality and religion--how they interpreted their Divine Spirit and relationship with him/her/it. I give this book to my spiritual friends--- and is also a GREAT book to read and reflect on in the BUBBLEBATH! If that sounds sacriligeous, I beg your pardon! If I spelled sacriligous wrong, I beg your pardon! It has the gamit of women through the ages: From Sappho (?) to women mystics, to Mother Theresa and Starhawk. Read it and get educated!

Yay for wise women!

The world needs more wise women. I want all of these women to live in my house with me, and share all of their wisdom. You don't find better crones than these ones.