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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Latin sources, translations, and abbreviations -- Introduction: the hour of woman : the hour of prophesying love / R. Mary Hayden Lemmons, Ph. D -- The prophetic feminine genius : cognitive and ontological dimensions -- St. John Paul II on the genius of women / Susan Selner-Wright, Ph. D -- On women and the "seeing" of others / Paul Kucharski, Ph. D -- Recasting feminism and femininity as prophecy -- The feminine genius, personalist feminism, and the call for women to prophesy according to John Paul II / R. Mary Hayden Lemmons, Ph. D -- Woman as prophet : a feminism for the 21st century / Deborah Savage, Ph. D -- The new feminism, prophetic bodies, and freedom / Christine Dalessio, M.A -- Prophetic femininity in the Bible, the church, and nature : reflections on John Paul II's prophetism of femininity and marian ecclesiology / R. Mary Hayden Lemmons, Ph. D -- Spirituality of the woman prophet -- Worthy of belief : reflections on prophecy, responsibility and virtue / Heidi Giebel, Ph. D -- St. Hildegard : prophet and doctor of the church / Anne King, Ph. D -- Women mystics of the Catholic Church / Susan J. Stabile, J.D -- Meeting key personal, professional, and cultural challenges -- Women and the crises of polarization and secularization / Mary Eberstadt -- The destructiveness of lust and its cure : reflections on Dante, Aquinas, and Wojtyla / Anthony T. Flood, Ph. D -- The logic of the gift : spousal love and marriage in the thought of Karol Wojtyla/St. John Paul II / Richard A. Spinello, Ph. D -- How mothers with professional careers experience the state of flourishing and why it matters for faith communities / Peggy Andrews, Ph. D -- Catholic sisters as servant leaders for justice and the common good / Meg Wilkes Karraker, Ph. D -- Afterword: discussion of key interdisciplinary findings and lessons / R. Mary Hayden Lemmons, Ph. D -- Index -- About the contributors |
| Summary |
This first-ever interdisciplinary study of the woman as prophet shows that, in these troubling times, ordinary women-especially Christian women-need to function as prophets by proclaiming, in word and deed, the indispensability of lovingly seeking the welfare of others |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Women's studies.
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Women prophets.
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Women -- Religious aspects.
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women's studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Women prophets
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Women -- Religious aspects
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Women's studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hayden Lemmons, R. Mary, 1957-
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| LC no. |
2016029207 |
| ISBN |
9781498542098 |
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1498542093 |
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