Women, ritual, and power : placing female imagery of God in Christian worship / / Elizabeth Ursic

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787038303321
• Autore: Ursic Elizabeth
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4384-5286-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 264
• Soggetti: Women in Christianity; Femininity of God; Worship
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Strategic Emplacement""; ""Female Imagery of God in the Bible and Historical Uses""; ""Sophia Feminist Theology: Images of God and Womenâ€?s Equality""; ""Strategic Emplacement of Female Imagery in Christian Worship""; ""Chapters and Significance""; ""1. The Resource of Leadership: Wisdomâ€?s Feast and United Methodism""; ""Discovering Sophia""; ""The Challenges of Pastoring""; ""The Sermon: A Public Turning Point""; ""Publicizing Sophia""; ""The Backlash Begins""; ""Taking Sides and Going National""; ""The Formal Charge of Heresy""; ""A Wider Backlash at the 1993 Re-Imagining Conference""""Conclusion""; ""2. The Resource of Personal Prayer Experience: Daughters of Wisdom Catholic Sisters""; ""The Daughters of Wisdom Before Vatican II""; ""Vatican II: Changing Images of God and Religious Life""; ""Wisdom Sophia: (Re) Discovering a Sense of Purpose""; ""Wisdom Leadership Initiatives""; ""Experiences of Wisdom Sophia""; ""Mary, Sophia, and the Religious Marketplace""; ""Evangelizing Wisdom Sophia""; ""Conclusion""; ""3. The Resource of Community: Motherhood of Godand the Church of Scotland""; ""Becoming an Asterisk""; ""The Prayer That Shook the Womanâ€?s Guild""""The Motherhood of God Theological Report""; ""Hymnals and Hymnody""; ""Reflections from Current Candidates for Ministry""; ""Echoes of the Motherhood of God""; ; ""Conclusion""; ""4. The Resource of Evangelization: Lutheran herchurch""; ""The Call to Ministry and Mission""; ""Growing a Church in the New Religious Marketplace""; ""Evangelizing on a Shoestring""; ""Remembering the Goddess""; ""Ritualizing a Feminist Mission at Sunday Service""; ""Fruits of Evangelization: New Membership""; ""The Faith and Feminism Conference""; ""YouTube and a Different Type of Dialogue""""The Second Conference: The Goddess and Proposition 8""; ""Conclusion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Gender and God""; ""Church Patriarchy Today""; ""Reflections on Four Resources of Strategic Emplacement""; ""1. Leadership""; ""2. Personal Prayer Experience""; ""3. Community Support""; ""4. Evangelization""; ""Strategic Emplacement and Ritual Studies""; ""Final Thoughts""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""