Lanzetta, Beverly.

Radical wisdom : a feminist mystical theology / Beverly J. Lanzetta. - Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2005. - x, 262 pages. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-248) and index.

Part I: Theory and historical background -- Introduction: Low places where grace pours in -- Mysticism and feminism : academic foundations -- Goddesses, mother Jesus, and the feminine divine -- Contemplative feminism : transforming the spiritual journey -- Part II: Women mystics of medieval Europe -- Women mystics and a feminism of the inner way -- Julian and Teresa as cartographers of women's soul -- The soul of woman and the dark night of the feminine -- Subversion in contemplation : resistance, resiliency, and women's dignificaton -- Part III: Embodied and engaged contemplation -- Women's body as mystical text -- Seeing through God's eye : women's spiritual rights -- Love of the world : an ethic of ultimate concern -- Hymn to Hagia Sophia.

0800636988 (alk. paper)

2004025450


Feminist theology--History.
Women mystics.
Mysticism--History.

BT 83.55 / .L36 2005

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