دانلود کتاب Encountering the Sacred: Feminist Reflections on Women's Lives

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Feminist theology as conversation and invitation
Origins of feminist theologies
Embracing feminist theology as social change
An overview of the book and invitation to readers
Conclusion
Notes
Questions for discussion
Suggestions for further reading
Chapter 1: Why we need besties (friendship)
Jephthah’s daughter: A story of women’s friendship
Women’s friendship: Entering the sacred chamber
Sacred chamber, treading softly
Notes
Blessing ritual for women friends
Blessing of friendship
Questions for discussion
Suggestions for further reading
Chapter 2: Bed rest stinks (pregnancy)
Sacrificial love
Self-giving love
Life-restoring love
Breathing exercises
Questions for discussion
Suggestions for further reading
Chapter 3: The Chuck E. Cheese challenge (simple living)
The journey to simple living began with a single step . . .
A consuming history of my family and some acts of resistance . . .
Do my possessions really get in the way of loving God and loving others?
The road ahead
Notes
An “alternative” commitment and blessing of the home:
Questions for discussion
Suggestions for further reading
Chapter 4: I want my babies back (miscarriage)
Sacrifice?
Activism revisited
Pregnancy and depression
Robbed
Barren woman Bible
Remembering
Notes
Prayer
Questions for discussion
Suggestions for further reading
Chapter 5: “Where are you REALLY from?” (racism)
Survival strategies
Racism and the challenges of being the “perpetual foreigner”
Marginality and living “betwixt and between”
My daughter’s encounter with racism
Community as refuge
Conclusion
Notes
Litany:
Questions for discussion
Suggestions for further reading
Chapter 6: Re-membering rape (sexual assault)
Surfacing
Dwelling
Notes
Re-membering Eucharist: A ritual exploration
Questions for discussion
Suggestions for further reading
Chapter 7: Girl-talk (gossip)
Gossips as “God-sibs”
Gossip’s fall from grace
Gossip as foundational to building community
Thank God for God-sibs
Notes
Form your own circle for sacred sharing
Questions for discussion
Suggestions for further reading
Chapter 8: Cursing God (infertility)
Note
A prayer for righteous anger and grief
Questions for discussion
Suggestions for further reading
Chapter 9: Casting out fear (death and dying)
Questions
Fear
Helen
The body
Daniella
Reflection
Note
A meditation on Mary Magdalene
Questions for discussion
Suggestions for further reading
Chapter 10: Happily ever after (voluntary childlessness)
Callings: The search for harmony
The child-hospitable marriage
Notes
Blessing
Questions for discussion
Suggestions for further reading
List of contributors
Index