03848nam 2200589 450 991078703830332120230803205430.01-4384-5286-1(CKB)3710000000250804(EBL)3408937(SSID)ssj0001352367(PQKBManifestationID)12575970(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001352367(PQKBWorkID)11326945(PQKB)11361839(MiAaPQ)EBC3408937(Au-PeEL)EBL3408937(CaPaEBR)ebr10944514(OCoLC)892430165(EXLCZ)99371000000025080420141009h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen, ritual, and power placing female imagery of God in Christian worship /Elizabeth UrsicAlbany, New York :SUNY Press,2014.©20141 online resource (258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4384-5285-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""Women in ChristianityFemininity of GodWorshipWomen in Christianity.Femininity of God.Worship.264Ursic Elizabeth1520122MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787038303321Women, ritual, and power3758622UNINA