Sisters Of The Spirit

Author : William L. Andrews
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1986-07-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780253115249

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Sisters of the Spirit by William L. Andrews Pdf

"Sisters of the Spirit . . . should interest a wider audience. . . . These fascinating accounts can stand on their own. . . . Mr. Andrews has made them even more accessible by providing a comprehensive introduction and helpful footnotes . . . but he does not intrude on the text itself." —New York Times Book Review " . . . informative and inspiring reading." —The Journal of American History Jarena Lee, Zilpha Elaw, and Julia Foote underwent a revolution in their own sense of self that helped to launch a feminist revolution in American religious life and in American society as a whole.

Author : Kady Cross
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780373211883

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Sisters of Blood and Spirit by Kady Cross Pdf

Twin sisters, one living in the Shadow Lands the realm of the dead and one in the land of the living, are called upon to try and save a boy and his friends who have been marked for death by a long-dead serial killer.

Author : Colleen Carroll Campbell
Publisher : Image
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780770436506

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My Sisters the Saints by Colleen Carroll Campbell Pdf

A poignant and powerful spiritual memoir about how the lives of the saints changed the life of a modern woman. In My Sisters the Saints, author Colleen Carroll Campbell blends her personal narrative of spiritual seeking, trials, stumbles, and breakthroughs with the stories of six women saints who profoundly changed her life: Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux, Faustina of Poland, Edith Stein of Germany, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and Mary of Nazareth. Drawing upon the rich writings and examples of these extraordinary women, the author reveals Christianity's liberating power for women and the relevance of the saints to the lives of contemporary Christians.

Author : Hans Urs Von Balthasar
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781681496092

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Two Sisters in the Spirit by Hans Urs Von Balthasar Pdf

Balthasar's unique volume on Thérèse of Lisieux and Elizabeth of the Trinity presents a theological biography of each of these holy Carmelite sisters which gives profound insights into their spirituality, showing that their differences actually complement one another. Balthasar probes the depths of the contemplative mission of each of these young Carmelites who both died in their twenties, and gave powerful witness to the critical importance of contemplation as a means to holiness. Each woman is clearly shown as a daughter of her Carmelite heritage with her own emphasis: Thérèse's discovery of the "little way of love" and Elizabeth's focus on the indwelling of God in the soul.

Author : Sally Roesch Wagner
Publisher : Native Voices Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781570679872

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Sisters in Spirit by Sally Roesch Wagner Pdf

This groundbreaking examination of the early influences on feminism may revolutionize feminist theory. Distinguished historian and contemporary feminist scholar Sally Roesch Wagner has compiled extensive research to analyze the source of the revolutionary vision of the early feminists.Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Lucretia Mott had formed friendships with their Native neighbors that enabled them to understand a world view far different, and in many ways superior, to the patriarchal one that existed at that time. This is the provocative and compelling history of their struggle to bring equality and dignity to all women, and the role played by the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) women who modelled the position women could occupy in society.

Author : Andreana C. Prichard
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628952926

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Sisters in Spirit by Andreana C. Prichard Pdf

In this pioneering study, historian Andreana Prichard presents an intimate history of a single mission organization, the Universities’ Mission to Central Africa (UMCA), told through the rich personal stories of a group of female African lay evangelists. Founded by British Anglican missionaries in the 1860s, the UMCA worked among refugees from the Indian Ocean slave trade on Zanzibar and among disparate communities on the adjacent Tanzanian mainland. Prichard illustrates how the mission’s unique theology and the demographics of its adherents produced cohorts of African Christian women who, in the face of linguistic and cultural dissimilarity, used the daily performance of a certain set of “civilized” Christian values and affective relationships to evangelize to new inquirers. The UMCA’s “sisters in spirit” ultimately forged a united spiritual community that spanned discontiguous mission stations across Tanzania and Zanzibar, incorporated diverse ethnolinguistic communities, and transcended generations. Focusing on the emotional and personal dimensions of their lives and on the relationships of affective spirituality that grew up among them, Prichard tells stories that are vital to our understanding of Tanzanian history, the history of religion and Christian missions in Africa, the development of cultural nationalisms, and the intellectual histories of African women.

Author : Maureen Ursenbach Beecher,Lavina Fielding Anderson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 0252062965

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Sisters in Spirit by Maureen Ursenbach Beecher,Lavina Fielding Anderson Pdf

This book of essays about Mormon women, all written and edited by scholars who are themselves Mormon women, is a brave and important work. Readers will fully appreciate just how brave and important it really is, however, if they can see how this work of historical theology fits into the history of historical writing about Mormon women, as well as how it fits into Mormon history itself. "The women who contributed to this book are among the best of the Mormon literati . . . they] hold that there is hope within the church for change, for reform, for expansion of the place of women." -- Women's Review of Books "Historians of women in America have a great deal to learn from the history of Mormon women. This fine set of essays provides an excellent introduction to a subject about which we should all know more." -- Anne Firor Scott, author of Making the Invisible Woman Visible.

Author : Karina Machado
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-29
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780733625466

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Spirit Sisters by Karina Machado Pdf

SPIRIT SISTERS illuminates the very personal ghost stories of ordinary Australian women. Journalist Karina Machado has listened to many of these stories and within these pages captures the sorrow, fear, comfort and hope that go along with them. Here she passes on their secrets and shares those incredible moments when someone leans in to whisper their tale and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Whether you believe in the afterlife or not, reading this book will lead you to question your reality and wonder . . . maybe?

Author : Patricia Miller-Schroeder
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781459747548

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Sisters of the Wolf by Patricia Miller-Schroeder Pdf

2023 Saskatchewan Book Awards — Winner, YA Category • 2022 Red Maple Award — Shortlisted • 2022 SYRCA Snow Willow Award — Shortlisted Can two Ice Age teens separated from their tribes overcome their differences to outwit their pursuer and survive the unforgiving wilds? The climate is changing, game is disappearing, and two peoples of the Ice Age compete for survival in a savage world. Keena, from a powerful band of Neanderthals, and Shinoni, daughter of a Cro-Magnon shaman, are torn from their families by Haken, a ruthless hunter. The girls dislike each other but soon discover they need one another to survive. Together they escape but are pursued by Haken across an Ice Age landscape rumbling with advancing glaciers and teeming with mighty predators. As Shinoni and Keena work to overcome disaster at every turn, they are joined by Tewa, a powerful she-wolf who becomes their guardian and spirit guide. Can their growing friendship overcome cultural, racial, and even species differences? Will they ever be able to get back to their families? Only the spirits know.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Takingitglobal
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578414961

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Three Sisters Soup for the Spirit by Anonim Pdf

If you could provide a message to the younger version of yourself to get through school, life, and challenging circumstances, what would you say? This book includes a compilation of poetry, short stories, and visual art from First Nations, Metis and Inuit Women. The submissions aim to inspire youth in overcoming challenges with themes around passion, independent voice, and joy. The project is dedicated to Indigenous high school students who are part of the TakingITGlobal's Connected North program by featuring the power of creativity through different role models and promoting mental health.

Author : William L. Andrews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:671754750

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Sisters of the Spirit by William L. Andrews Pdf

Author : Edward T. Brett
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780268075880

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The New Orleans Sisters of the Holy Family by Edward T. Brett Pdf

The Sisters of the Holy Family, founded in New Orleans in 1842, were the first African American Catholics to serve as missionaries. This story of their little-known missionary efforts in Belize from 1898 to 2008 builds upon their already distinguished work, through the Archdiocese of New Orleans, of teaching slaves and free people of color, caring for orphans and the elderly, and tending to the poor and needy. Utilizing previously unpublished archival documents along with extensive personal correspondence and interviews, Edward T. Brett has produced a fascinating account of the 110-year mission of the Sisters of the Holy Family to the Garifuna people of Belize. Brett discusses the foundation and growth of the struggling order in New Orleans up to the sisters' decision in 1898 to accept a teaching commitment in the Stann Creek District of what was then British Honduras. The early history of the British Honduras mission concentrates especially on Mother Austin Jones, the superior responsible for expanding the order's work into the mission field. In examining the Belizean mission from the eve of the Second Vatican Council through the post–Vatican II years, Brett sensitively chronicles the sisters' efforts to conform to the spirit of the council and describes the creative innovations that the Holy Family community introduced into the Belizean educational system. In the final chapter he looks at the congregation's efforts to sustain its missionary work in the face of the shortage of new religious vocations. Brett’s study is more than just a chronicle of the Holy Family Sisters' accomplishments in Belize. He treats the issues of racism and gender discrimination that the African American congregation encountered both within the church and in society, demonstrating how the sisters survived and even thrived by learning how to skillfully negotiate with the white, dominant power structure.

Author : Cecilia Gutierrez Venable and the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467129244

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Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate, The by Cecilia Gutierrez Venable and the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate Pdf

For 125 years, the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate served the poor and, in particular, people of color. They are the first order of sisters founded in Texas. Their foundress, Margaret Mary Healy Murphy, built the first Catholic African American school and church in San Antonio, the second in the state of Texas. The sisters carried their mission and work beyond the Lone Star State's borders and included most of the South and a few metropolitan areas of the North. They crossed the Rio Grande and had several missions in Mexico and traversed a new continent when they opened a learning center in Zambia. The sisters were primarily known as educators and, in later years, worked in religious education and pastoral ministry. They have also operated orphanages and nursing homes and served in hospitals, homeless shelters, incarceration facilities, and immigration residences. The school they built over 100 years ago, now known as the Healy Murphy Center, serves the community as an alternative high school, and the sisters still teach there.

Author : Karen Baker-Fletcher
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997-12-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1451412150

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Sisters of Dust, Sisters of Spirit by Karen Baker-Fletcher Pdf

Karen Baker-Fletcher cultivates the earthy potential of black womanism. In her rich prose and poetry, she combines reflection on her own journey with a keen awareness of environmental racism and a constructive religious vision. She seeks to recover and renew the strong historic tie of black and native peoples to the land, often broken by migration and urbanization. And she deftly tills the biblical and literary metaphors of dust and spirit to address the embodiment of God, Spirit, Christ, creation, and humans, seeding a powerful justice-oriented spirituality of creation. Its earnest, reflective character makes this small volume ideal for individual, adult-study, or classroom use - by all who wish to grow closer to the earth and to God.

Author : Joan Chittister
Publisher : Convergent Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780451495174

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Radical Spirit by Joan Chittister Pdf

Feeling burnt-out from life, strung-out from social media, and put out by a society that always wants more from you? Beloved nun and social activist Joan Chittister, who appeared on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday, offers a practical, character-building, and inspirational guide to help you take control of your emotional life and redirect your spiritual destiny. Joan Chittister, whom Publishers Weekly calls "one of the most well-known and trusted contemporary spiritual authors," is a rabble-rousing force of nature for social justice, and a passionate proponent of personal faith and spiritual fulfillment. Drawing on little known, ancient teachings of the saints, Sister Joan offers a practical program to help transform our thinking and rebel against our fears, judgments and insecurities. "Freedom from anxiety, worry, and tensions at home and work, comes when we give ourselves to something greater," she argues. "We need to seek wisdom rather than simply facts, to think before speaking, and in turn create respectful communities." With a series of twelve simple rules for healthy spiritual living, Chittister not only reminds us, but pleads with us, to develop enduring values by shifting our attention to how God wants us to live. This book will teach you how to accomplish this.