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Women, Ritual, and Power : Placing Female Imagery of God in Christian Worship

By Elizabeth Ursic

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781438452869, 9781438452852
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
643 kB (658620 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
258\0
Time added
2023-08-13 12:20:51
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Description

Many Christians do not know the Bible contains female images of God because they have never heard nor seen them in church. In Women, Ritual, and Power, Elizabeth Ursic gives the reader insight into four Christian communities that worship God with female imagery, both as a worship focus and a community identity. These Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Catholic congregations operate within their established church denominations and are led by either ordained Protestant ministers or vowed Catholic sisters. Because expressing God-as-She can expose strident claims for maintaining God-as-He, this book shows not only how patriarchy continues to operate in churches today, but also how it is being successfully challenged through liturgy.

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