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Women Christian mystics speak to our times / edited by David B. Perrin.

Contributor(s): Perrin, David B, 1956-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Franklin, Wis. : Sheed & Ward, 2001Description: xxi, 209 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1580510957 (pbk.)Subject(s): Women mystics -- BiographyDDC classification: 248.2/2/0820902 LOC classification: BV5095.A1 | W66 2001Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Pt. 1. Retrieving the stories of women mystics -- Medieval women mystics : a few courtly feasts and many bag lunches / Ulrike Wiethaus -- Visions of spirit: prospects for retrieving medieval spirituality / Ellen Ross -- Medieval womans' stories: stories for women today / Kirsi Stjerna Pt. 2. Setting the stories of women Christian mystics into the twenty-first century -- Catherine of Siena: contemplating the fruitfulness of Christian suffering / Jane McAvoy -- Marie D'Oignies: female visions of strength / Annette Esser -- The contribution of Julian of Norwich's revelations to finding religious and spiritual meaning in AIDS-related multiple loss / Jane F. Maynard -- Near-death experience and Julian of Norwich's doctrine of prayer / Ann W. Astell -- From The cloud (unknown author) to The castle of Teresa of Avila: Teresian metaphor as transition from "unknowing" to "being known" / Roseanne McDougall -- The Virgin Mary in the visions of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) / Sharon Elkins -- Christian mysticism in postmodernity: Therese of Lisieux as a case study / Mary Frohlich -- Elizabeth Ann Seton: "acquiescence to the divine will" / Wendy M. Wright.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Retrieving the stories of women mystics -- Medieval women mystics : a few courtly feasts and many bag lunches / Ulrike Wiethaus -- Visions of spirit: prospects for retrieving medieval spirituality / Ellen Ross -- Medieval womans' stories: stories for women today / Kirsi Stjerna Pt. 2. Setting the stories of women Christian mystics into the twenty-first century -- Catherine of Siena: contemplating the fruitfulness of Christian suffering / Jane McAvoy -- Marie D'Oignies: female visions of strength / Annette Esser -- The contribution of Julian of Norwich's revelations to finding religious and spiritual meaning in AIDS-related multiple loss / Jane F. Maynard -- Near-death experience and Julian of Norwich's doctrine of prayer / Ann W. Astell -- From The cloud (unknown author) to The castle of Teresa of Avila: Teresian metaphor as transition from "unknowing" to "being known" / Roseanne McDougall -- The Virgin Mary in the visions of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) / Sharon Elkins -- Christian mysticism in postmodernity: Therese of Lisieux as a case study / Mary Frohlich -- Elizabeth Ann Seton: "acquiescence to the divine will" / Wendy M. Wright.

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