Wise Women: Over 2000 Years of Spiritual Writing by Women
| Editor | Susan Cahill |
| Composition | Haddon Craftsmen, Inc. |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Contributing Writer | Sappho, Rabi'a, Kassia, Hildegard von Bingen, Sun Bu-er, Akka Mahadevi, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Marguerite Porete, Julian of Norwich, Catherine of Siena, Christine de Pisan, Margery Kempe, Joan of Arc, Mirabai, Teresa of Ávila, Anne Hutchinson, Anne Bradstreet, Margaret Fell, Glückel of Hameln, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sidqi, Ann Lee, The Grimké Sisters, Sarah Grimké, Angelina Grimké, Rebecca Cox Jackson, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Qurrat al-'Ayn, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, George Eliot, Florence Nightingale, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Annie Besant, Willa Cather, Florida Scott-Maxwell, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dorothy Day, Iris Origo, Hannah Arendt, Mother Teresa, Tillie Olsen, Etty Hillesum, Natalia Ginzburg, Madeleine L'Engle, Iris Murdoch, Amy Clampitt, Catherine de Vinck, Denise Levertov, Flannery O'Connor, Kabita Sinha, Audre Lorde, Lucille Clifton, June Jordan, Marge Piercy, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Paula Gunn Allen, Riffat Hassan, Marian Wright Edelman, Nancy Mairs, Patricia Hampl, Linda Hogan, Kathleen Norris, Rita Dove, bell hooks, Anne Lamott, Rigoberta Menchú, Starhawk, Carter Heyward, Judith Plaskow, Dorothee Sollë, Diana Eck, Joan Halifax, Phyllis Trible, Angela Tilby, Pema Chodron |
| Cover Art by | Pinturicchio |
| Manufacturing by | Haddon Craftsmen, Inc. |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Laurie Dolphin |
| Book Design by | JAM Design |
| Copyright Holder | Susan Cahill |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York - London |
| Copyright | 1996 |
| Pages / Font | 395 pages / Electra, Centaur |
| ISBN 10 | 0-393-03946-3 |
| Library of Congress Classification Number | BL45.W55 1996 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 200'.82—dc20 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 95-40575 |
| Printer's Key | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 |
| Chapters | Introduction Testimonies of Ancient Cultures The Near East Hymn in Praise of the Goddess Ishtar of Babylonia The Goddess Isis of Egypt / “Isis, Queen of Heaven” North American Indian The Creation of Spider Woman Judaism The Story of Ruth and Naomi The Story of Judith and Holofernes Lady Wisdom / From The Book of Proverbs Eishet Chayil / Proverbs 31 / E. M. Broner The Song of Songs A Portrait of Wisdom Buddhism Therigatha / Songs of the Nuns Greece Sappho / Fragment / Prayer to Aphrodite Antigone Christianity Mary The Middle Ages Rabi’a / Prayers Kassiane / Mary Magdalene Hildegard of Bingen / From “Scivias” / Liturgical Song Sun Bu-er / Projecting the Spirit Mahadeviyakka / Song Mechthild of Magdeburg / From “The Flowing Light of the Godhead” Marguerite Porete / From “The Mirror of Simple Souls” Julian of Norwich / From “Showings” Catherine of Siena / From “The Dialogue” Christine de Pisan / From “The Treasury of the City of Ladies” Margery Kempe / From “The Book of Margery Kempe” Joan of Arc / From the Transcript of the Trial of Joan of Arc The Early Modern Period: The Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries Mirabai / Song Teresa of Avila / From “Interior Castle” Anne Hutchinson / From the Transcript of Her Trial Anne Bradstreet / From “Mediations Divine and Moral” Margaret Fell / Letter to the Quaker Women’s Meeting Glückel of Hameln / From the Memoirs Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz / “Divine Love” Sidqi / Ghazel Ann Lee / Shaker Hymn / From the Shaker Bible The Nineteenth Century The Grimké Sisters: Sarah Grimké / Letter to the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society Angelina Grimké / “An Appeal” Rebecca Cox Jackson / From the Diaries Sojourner Truth / From “Narrative of Sojourner Truth” Elizabeth Barrett Browning / From “Sonnets from the Portuguese” Qurrat al-‘Ayn / Ghazel Elizabeth Cady Stanton / Introduction, “The Woman’s Bible” George Eliot / From “Middlemarch” Florence Nightingale / Letter / From “Cassandra” Emily Dickinson / Poems Christina Rossetti / Poems Annie Besant / From “The Spiritual Life” The Twentieth Century I. Voices of Faith, Imagination, and Protest Willa Cather / From “The Song of the Lark” Florida Scott-Maxwell / From “The Measure of My Days” Eleanor Roosevelt / From “The Moral Basis of Democracy” Dorothy Sayers / From “Unpopular Opinions” Dorothy Day / From “Selected Writings” Iris Origo / From “Images and Shadows” Hannah Arendt / From “The Human Condition” Mother Teresa of Calcutta / From “Life in the Spirit” Tillie Olsen / “Dream-Vision” Etty Hillesum / From “An Interrupted Life” Natalia Ginzburg / “The Little Virtues” Madeleine L’Engle / From “A Circle of Quiet” Iris Murdoch / From “The Sovereignty of Good” Amy Clampitt / “A Slience” Catherine de Vinck / “Venus - Aghia Sophia” / “The Womanly Song of God” Denise Levertov / “O Taste and See” / “Work That Enfaiths” Flannery O’Connor / Letters from “The Habit of Being” Kabita Sinha / “Ishwarke Eve” (Eve Speaks to God) Audre Lorde / “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power” Lucille Clifton / Poems from “The Book of Light” June Jordan / “Ruth and Naomi, David and Jonathan: One Love” Marge Piercy / “The Common Living Dirt” Rosemary Radford Ruether / “A Wise Woman” Paula Gunn Allen / “Kopis’taya (A Gathering of Spirits)” Marian Wright Edelman / From “The Measure of Our Success” Nancy Mairs / “God’s Will” Patricia Hampl / From “Virgin Time” Linda Hogan / From “Department of the Interior” Kathleen Norris / “Ghosts: A History” Rita Dove / “Gospel” bell hooks / From “Breaking Bread” Anne Lamott / From “Operating Instructions” Rigoberta Menchu / “The Bible and Self-Defense: The Examples of Judith, Moses and David” II. New Insights: The Goods of the Spirit According to Shamans, Scholars, Witches, and Theologians Starhawk / From “Dreaming the Dark” Carter Heyward / From “Touching Our Strength” Judith Plaskow / “Spirituality and Politics: Lessons from B’not Esh” Dorothee Sollë / “Mary Is a Sympathizer” Riffat Hassan / “ ‘Jihad Fi Sabil Allah’: A Muslim Woman’s Faith Journey from Struggle to Struggle to Struggle” Diana Eck / From “Encountering God” Joan Halifax / “The Way of Compassion” from “The Fruitful Darkness” Phyllis Trible / “Eve and Adam: Genesis 2-3 Reread” Angela Tilby / “Quantum Mechanics: God’s Dice” from “Soul” Pema Chodron / “Joy” from “The Wisdom of No Escape” Suggestions for Further Reading Permissions Acknowledgments Index About the Editor |
| Notes | Printed in the United States of America First Edition |
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