{"title":"Women of Faith and Courage","description":"\u003cp\u003eWomen Who Are Changing The Church\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"daughters-of-anowa","title":"Daughters of Anowa","description":"\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"986afa-xwhfx-c79wk3-wi7c1m\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2977ce;\"\u003eAfrican women and patriarchy are covered in a fine analysis of the lives of modern African women from their perspectives. Oduyoye illustrates how myths and folk tales help socialize young women, and how they are alienated from positions of power. -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #2977ce;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eDaughters of Anowa provides an analysis of the lives of African women today from an African woman's own perspective. It is a study of the influence of culture and religion - particularly of traditional African cultures and Christianity - on African women's lives. Mercy Amba Oduyoye illustrates how myths, proverbs, and folk tales (called \"folktalk\") operate in the socialization of young women, working to preserve the norms of the community. Daughters of Anowa reveals how global patriarchy manifests itself in these social structures, in both patrilineal and matrilineal communities. Organized as a narrative in three cycles, Daughters of Anowa demonstrates how folktalk alienates women from power, discourages individuality and encourages conformity. It also considers the possibilities for the future. Oduyoye posits that change will come about only when the daughters of Anowa (the mythic representative of Africa itself) confront the realities of culture and religion in perpetuating patriarchal oppression and work to realize the goal of a new woman in a new Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-extend-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMercy Amba Oduyoye\u003c\/strong\u003e has served as deputy general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Geneva.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-row\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-extend-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23982448902208,"sku":"978-0-88344-999-8","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Daughters-of-Anowa.jpg?v=1747248014"},{"product_id":"not-counting-women-and-children","title":"Not Counting Women and Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eIn her first book, an acclaimed story-teller and scripture scholar turns to the overlooked and often unnamed people whose stories in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures reveal the depths of God’s love, especially for the poor. The Gospel of Mathew recounts the feeding of the crowd of five thousand, “not counting women and children.” McKenna muses that there could have been as many as five or six women and children for every man – an enormous number to go uncounted! Who were they? And what of the leftovers – who gathered them? who brought the twelve baskets that were filled? Who took them home? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eAs \u003cem\u003eNot Counting Women and Children \u003c\/em\u003eshows, when ordinary people studying the bible begin to discuss questions such as these, the results can be stunning and heart-changing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eDr. Megan McKenna\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e is an internationally known author, lecturer, and retreat leader. She received her doctorate from Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, and has taught at colleges and universities in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eChicago, Dublin, Dayton, and San Antonio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e. 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Throughout there is constant reference to the Rite for Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), including an extended ritual written by McKenna intended for use with the majority of Christians, baptized as infants, who never received formal initiation as adults into the rituals of the church.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eEvery Catholic will find here new treasure and insight into our sacred heritage and practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eDr. Megan McKenna\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e is an internationally known author, lecturer, and retreat leader. 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Her many books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eAnd Morning Came: Scriptures of the Resurrection, Prophets: Words of Fire,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003cem style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eParables: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eThe Arrows of God\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eRites of Justice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eLeave Her Alone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eOn Your Mark \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003cem style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eNot Counting Women and Children\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Women theologians around the world, including the voices of indigenous women, have responded to their changing world with critical theological insights and social analyses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new reader includes eighteen reflections by women theologians who face daily poverty, violence, civil strife, war, and cultural alienation, yet who find abundant hope through their faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDivided into four parts--Context and Theology; Scripture; Christology; and Body, Sexuality, and Spirituality--these carefully selected essays provide a vivid picture of theological developments on the margins of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKwok Pui-lan\u003c\/strong\u003e, from Hong Kong, is the William F. Cole Professor of Christian Theology and Spirituality at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 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National Catholic Reporter editor Jones completed the book with Orbis editor Ellsberg. Through quotes from letters, diaries, and personal interviews, a powerful narrative of faith and courage emerges, ranging from the first American Catholic women missionaries to go abroad to today's members. The sisters learned, loved, healed, taught but especially shared the lot, even to death, of those they served. From the carefully edited fragments of personal accounts of work in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the United States, there emerges a realistic picture of a community ceaselessly challenging itself, ever in transition, ever opting to help the poor. Recommended for collections in religion and social justice.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eAnna Donnelly, \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2049c9;\"\u003e\"A marvelous book that tells a tremendously inspiring story.\u003cem\u003e\"-- \u003cstrong\u003eSt. Anthony Messenger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her final book, acclaimed journalist Penny Lernoux takes up the inspiring story of the Maryknoll Sisters. In a popular, fast-moving style, she recounts the history of an extraordinary community of women religious and their efforts - over 75 years - to remain faithful both to the gospel and to the signs of the times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eHearts on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e offers a moving and exciting window on a critical century in the history of the American Catholic church. Through the voices of the Sisters themselves, Lernoux draws an inspiring and moving portrait of a community in constant transition and shows how - in their process of growth and conversion - they left their indelible mark on the church and the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Maryknoll Sisters were the first congregation of American Catholic women to serve abroad as missioners. 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The emphasis now was on witnessing to the Reign of God, accompanying the poor in their journey of faith, and struggling at the grassroots to make the gospel more visible in the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the 1970's, a new phrase, \"the option for the poor,\" began to define the Sisters' mission vision. Maryknoll Sisters around the world began to describe their work in terms of solidarity with the oppressed, linking their witness to the gospel with the struggle for justice and liberation. For some, like Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, murdered in El Salvador in 1980, this meant accepting \"the same fate as the poor.\" The death of these Sisters along with two other churchwomen helped galvanize protests of U.S. policies in Central America and elsewhere. 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Fisher \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #61a8cf;\"\u003e\"Few works deliver on the promise of their title with such success as Mary Christine Athans book. . . . The scholarship is solid, the prose accessible and her personal reflections engaging. The book can also be provocative, since discussions of Mary lead to questions about the contested role of women in the church....\"--\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Sidney Callahan, in \u003cem\u003eAmerica\u003c\/em\u003e magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJesus, as is well known, was born and raised as a Jew in first-century Palestine. A great deal of theological study has focused on the Jewish cultural and religious context of his life and ministry. It is only natural that this attention should lead us to a new approach to his mother, Mary of Nazareth. To some extent, this quest for the Jewish Mary involves excavating beneath centuries of devotional reflection and artistic depictions that have presented a mythologized Mary, detached from history and from her specific Jewish identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Mary Christine Athans draws on the latest historical research, the fruits of post-Vatican II Jewish-Christian dialogue, the insights of feminist theology, and contemporary spiritual reflection to rediscover the Jewish Mary a woman of enormous courage, strength, and prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eMary Christine Athans, BVM (1932-2019)\u003c\/b\u003e, was professor emerita at the School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, and adjunct faculty at Loyola University Chicago and the Catholic Theological Union.  She wrote extensively on Jewish-Christian relations, and her articles on Mary were published in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eU.S. Catholic Historian\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Theology Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23986503745600,"sku":"978-1-62698-004-4","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Quest_Jewish_Mary_2018.jpg?v=1747248546"},{"product_id":"sisters-in-the-wilderness","title":"Sisters in the Wilderness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #31639a;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A significant contribution ... and a courageous text that calls all to work together, survive together, in question of the liberation beyond the frontier of the wilderness.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Modern Theology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis landmark work first published 20 years ago helped establish the field of African-American womanist theology and is widely regarded as a classic text. Drawing on the biblical figure of Hagar mother of Ishmael, cast into the desert by Abraham and Sarah, but protected by God Williams finds a proptype for the struggle of African-American women. African slave, homeless exile, surrogate mother, Hagar's story provides an image of survival and defiance appropriate to black women today. Exploring the themes implicit in Hagar's story poverty and slavery, ethnicity and sexual exploitation, exile and encounter with God Williams traces parallels in the history of African-American women from slavery to the present day. A new womanist theology emerges from this shared experience, from the interplay of oppressions on account of race, sex and class. Sisters in the Wilderness offers a telling critique of theologies that promote liberation but ignore women of color. This is a book that defined a new theological project and charted a path that others continue to explore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDelores S. 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Weaving together personal experience, pastoral theology and Christian spirituality, Cornell gives us a new way of seeing the migrant and a new way of understanding ourselves and our sojourn through this life.\" --\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDaniel G. Groody\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCSC, author, Border of Death, Valley of Life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA biblically grounded presentation of the value of migrants, immigrants, and refugees to each and all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bible is rich in powerful stories of migrants. The children of Israel were migrants. Jesus was a migrant. The world is filled with migrants and refugees whose dramatic stories are impossible to ignore. America is a country of immigrants. Deirdre Cornell shares her personal experiences and gets to the heart of the matter when she writes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuman mobility certainly entails sacrifice. 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With a vast amount of research and a great deal of passion, Veronica Mary Rolf successfully recreates the world of the great mystic, provides careful explanations of Julian's rich experiences in prayer, and, overall, paints a convincing portrait of one of the most remarkable women ever to have lived--and believed.”-- \u003cstrong\u003eJames Martin, S.J., author,\u003cem\u003e My Life with the Saints\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3c8ebc;\"\u003e\"A vivid and readable account . . . the prizes that [Rolf's] volume has garnered to date indicate that it has already been well received as a popular introduction to the medieval anchoress and her work.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eThe London Times Literary Supplement (01\/09\/2015)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: small;\"\u003eJulian of Norwich, a medieval English mystic who spent the latter part of her life as an enclosed anchoress, is largely known through her extraordinary \u003cem\u003eRevelations, \u003c\/em\u003eone of the most popular and influential works of Christian mysticism. 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This book provides them.\"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGrace \u0026amp; Truth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe Gospel of John recounts the story of an encounter between Jesus and a Samaritan woman at the well. After their conversation, she goes out to tell her neighbors about the mysterious stranger, and many of them believed “on the strength of her witness.” These essays, drawn from around the world, reveal the many ways that women have reflected on and borne witness to the person, teaching, and praxis of Jesus Christ in light of their own varied contexts. These contexts include their struggles for life amidst wrenching poverty, racism, and violence; their experience of being female in male-dominated structures in the church and society; and their commitment to promote justice in view of the human dignity of women, all done in tandem with their faith relationship with the living God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3366ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOW AVAILABLE: Study Guide for Reading Groups and Individuals\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth A. Johnson,\u003c\/strong\u003e a member of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, is Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University. 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She is similar to fire in that she purifies and challenges all that harms human dignity. --\u003cstrong\u003eEmmanuel Ndlovu, in \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGrace \u0026amp; Truth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eIn times of mingled hope and despair, of longing for the sacred combined with disillusionment, the image of Mary continues to hold tremendous appeal. Not only the mother of Jesus, but the quintessential Mother, the feminine face of the divine, fierce protector and gentle consoler, Mary serves as a source of inspiration, wisdom, vital essence of compassion and forgiveness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMother of God, Similar to Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, priest-iconographer William Hart McNichols and mystical author Mirabai Starr collaborate to help make the perennial wisdom and love of Mary vibrantly accessible. Selected images of Mary, illuminated by Starrs lyrical prose-poems, embrace such diverse expressions as the Black Madonna, Latina, Bosnian, Greek, Italian, and Native depictions of Mother Mary. 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Described by Time as being \"among the most famous creators of Christian iconic images in the world,\" his work has been featured in several books, including \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.orbisbooks.com\/you-will-be-my-witnesses.html\"\u003eYou Will Be My Witnesses\u003c\/a\u003e,\" and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.orbisbooks.com\/christ-all-merciful.html\"\u003eChrist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.orbisbooks.com\/christ-all-merciful.html\"\u003e,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.orbisbooks.com\/christ-all-merciful.html\"\u003e All Merciful\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMirabai Starr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ewho also lives in Taos, speaks and leads retreats on the connections between teachings of the mystics, contemplative practice, and social action. 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Her books in­clude \u003cem\u003eEnfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being \u003c\/em\u003e(Fortress), and (with LaReine-Marie Mosely and Albert Raboteau) \u003cem\u003eUncommon Faithfulness: The Black Catholic Experience \u003c\/em\u003e(Orbis 2009).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23987891077184,"sku":"978-1-62698-298-7","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/9781626982987.jpg?v=1747248788"},{"product_id":"creation-and-the-cross-paperback","title":"Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril- paperback","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(14, 68, 129);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* Advance Praise and Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"I recommend this book to any Christian, theologian and layperson alike, who seeks a view of God and Christ's passion that is capacious and loving enough to authentically respond to our troubled times and planet.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eBrianne Jacobs in U.S. Catholic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"A wonderful and engaging book.... elaborates a biblically rich and creation-sensitive theology of salvation rooted in the mercy of God and the divine solidarity with all created things.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eBible Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"Those who closely follow Johnson's work will recognize that every paragraph is steeped not only in her extensive scholarship, but in the living faith that her writing always reflects and opens up to readers. Though the distressing, pressing issue of the text is our planet's peril, Johnson gifts readers with a theology that both comforts and empowers for change.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eReading Religion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"Elizabeth Johnson is by far my favorite contemporary Catholic theologian. In her superb new book, which takes the form of a lively dialogue, she addresses the essential issues of sin, forgiveness and redemption. She does so in her trademark style: with vast learning, sparkling clarity, and breathtaking insights. A signal contribution to modern theology.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eJames Martin, SJ, author, \u003cem\u003eJesus: A Pilgrimage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"Elizabeth Johnson, as so often she does, names and explains a major obstacle in the presentation of the Gospel message. Here I am happy to say, she unpackages what my own Franciscan school (Francis, Bonaventure, Duns Scotus) believed about the atonement and the salvific meaning of the death of Jesus. It was not a juridical transaction but a cosmic revelation.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eFr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M., Center for Action and Contemplation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"This book delights and agitates... What a journey through Anselm's most celebrated work and then on to a consideration of how the cross might be understood today, particularly in light of the whole natural world. Here again she offers us a theological feast.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eNancy Pineda-Madrid, Boston College\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this fresh creative approach to theology, Elizabeth Johnson asks how we can understand cosmic redemption in a time of advancing ecological devastation. In effect, how can we extend the core Christian belief in salvation to include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecreated beings? Immediately this question runs into a formidable obstacle: the idea that Jesus’s death on the cross was required as atonement for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehuman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esin—a theology laid out by the eleventh-century theologian St. Anselm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstructing her argument (like Anselm) in the form of a dialogue, Johnson lays out the foundations in scripture, the teachings of Jesus, and the early Church for an understanding that emphasizes the love and mercy of God, showing how this approach can help us respond to a planet in peril.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth A. Johnson\u003c\/strong\u003e, a member of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Theology at Fordham University. 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Twenty-five years later, my journey continues as I wonder what the blackness of Christ means to our children, whose lives are threatened because they are black.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Black Christ, \u003c\/em\u003efirst published in 1994, Kelly Brown Douglas offers a compelling portrait of who Jesus is for the Black community. She identifies the Black Christ not strictly in terms of race or theological constructs. The “Blackness” of Christ has more to do with commitment to Black freedom than appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBeginning with the early testimonies of the enslaved, through the writings and thought of religious and literary figures, voices from the Civil Rights and Black Power era, through the contemporary work of Black and Womanist theologians, Douglas presents a living tradition that speaks powerfully to the message of our day: Black Lives Matter. 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Canon Kelly Brown Douglas\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Visiting Professor at Harvard Divinity School and serves as Canon Theologian at both the Washington National Cathedral and the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. Previously, she served as Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She is widely recognized as a leading voice in womanist theology, racial reconciliation, and the study of sexuality and the Black church. Her Orbis Books titles include \u003cem\u003eThe Black Christ\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWhat’s Faith Got to Do with It?\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eStand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Religion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px absolute bottom-0\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 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Make that church leadership.\"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTom Fox,\u003c\/span\u003e CEO\/President, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\"Theresa Kane is a person remembered for the simple manner in which she engaged the ordinary experiences of her own story and, in doing so, embodied an age.\"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHelen Marie Burns, RSM,\u003c\/span\u003e former president LCWR (1988-91) and Vice President, Sisters of Mercy 1984-91, 1999-2005\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1979 Sister Theresa Kane, then-president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, was invited to offer a greeting to Pope John Paul II during his visit to the United States. She used the opportunity to ask the pope to open all the ministries of the Church to women. This riveting biography opens with that famous scene, a galvanizing moment that provoked ardent support as well as bitter criticism. During her seven years as president of the Sisters of Mercy of the Union, she fought tirelessly for women’s equality. Because she would not desist from speaking her sisters’ truth, the Vatican tried to remove her from office. Kane persisted with a deep and persevering faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough her story, this book documents an important period of contemporary Catholic history when Theresa Kane and so many other sisters exercised unparalleled leadership in the Catholic Church by speaking truth to power—with love, wisdom, and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristine Schenk,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCSJ,\u003c\/strong\u003e a Sister of St. Joseph, has worked as a nurse midwife to low-income families, a community organizer, and the founding director of an international church reform organization, FutureChurch. Her recent book, \u003cem\u003eCrispina and Her Sisters: Women and Authority in Early Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e, received a first place award from the Catholic Press Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31859679428650,"sku":"978-1-62698-345-8","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/Schenk-theresa-kane-fc.jpg?v=1747248855"},{"product_id":"hunger-for-hope","title":"Hunger for Hope: Prophetic Communities, Contemplation, and the Common Good","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"content_description\" class=\"ty-wysiwyg-content content-description\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" class=\"AdPoic\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(58, 107, 182);\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" class=\"AdPoic\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(58, 107, 182);\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e⭐ \u003c\/span\u003eAdvance Praise and Reviews \u003cspan\u003e⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-sae=\"\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" class=\"AdPoic\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(58, 107, 182);\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sae=\"\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" class=\"AdPoic\"\u003e\u003cspan data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"T286Pc\" style=\"color: rgb(58, 107, 182);\"\u003e\"[A call] to have a grown-up conversation about the response our present crises requires.\" — \u003cstrong data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eRev. 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The real-life engagements to which those encounters lead her couldn’t be shared with us at a better time.”—\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Foreword by Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ, author of \u003cem\u003eDead Man Walking\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRiver of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"ty-wysiwyg-content content-description\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"ty-wysiwyg-content content-description\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eOne of the organizers of the \"Nuns on the Bus\" campaign shows how faith supports action in a world in great need of both. The chaotic individualism of these times demands a prayer practice that summons a prophetic response in community with those who are marginalized in our fractured economic system and broken world.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHunger for Hope\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eexplores the quest for a justice that works for all, and explores what it means to be “holy” in today’s world.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ty-wysiwyg-content content-description\" id=\"content_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimone Campbell, SSS,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the executive director of NETWORK, a nonprofit Catholic social justice lobby in Washington, DC. In 2012, Sister Simone organized NETWORK’s Nuns on the Bus campaign that has attracted an avalanche of media attention in the United States and other parts of the world. Sister Simone, a long-standing member of the Sisters of Social Service, became an attorney in 1978 and founded a community law center that served the legal needs of the working poor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PXrGl0GxO-M\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Campbell_Hunger_for_Hope_TOC.pdf?v=1648735795\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; 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Harris is assistant professor of African American thought and practice in the Theological Studies Department at \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoyola Marymount University.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(89, 24, 24);\"\u003e“Black Lives Matter is not a movement pushing an extremist agenda that contradicts our faith; it is the secular version of Catholic social teaching” With rigor and originality, her book makes this case beyond a doubt.\"\u003cstrong\u003e —Kate Ward, Marquette University, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Moral Theology\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Those who erroneously believe that the BLM movement and Church teachings are in conflict need not look any further than the pages of this book to see the myriad ways the two intersect. In fact, by embracing the values of BLM, Catholicism can begin to embody the values it preaches but often fails to practice.”\u003cstrong\u003e—From the Foreword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirth of a Movement \u003c\/em\u003epresents a radical call to dignity and equality for all people. It examines the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, the church’s involvement with slavery, including the decision by Georgetown University to make amends for its past actions, and the Catholic Church’s response to the recent deaths of Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn relating the story of the Black Lives Matter movement through a Christian lens, readers—Catholic and others—will gain insights and a deeper understanding of the movement and why it can help the church, and the country, move closer to racial equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlga M. Segura\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Black immigrant who arrived from the Dominican Republic in the early 1990s. A graduate of Fordham University she is currently a freelance writer and opinion editor at the \u003cem\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Keller challenges readers to confront the end times not with fear, but with responsibility and hope.”— \u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"660\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(56, 118, 188);\"\u003e“Keller combines rigorous scholarship with urgent ethical insight, offering a compelling framework for understanding apocalyptic thought in our contemporary world.”— \u003cstrong\u003eTheology Today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"662\" data-end=\"837\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(56, 118, 188);\"\u003e“A vital work for anyone seeking to engage seriously with the theological dimensions of climate change, societal collapse, and human responsibility.”— \u003cstrong\u003eModern Theology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(56, 118, 188);\"\u003e\"This constructive theologian creatively and critically continues to bring first-century scriptural horizons into meaningful engagement with twenty-first-century existential realities.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eAmos Yong, Religious Studies Review, Fuller Theological Seminary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(56, 118, 188);\"\u003e\"Using deep-interpretation and dream reading Catherine Keller succeeds in confronting the terminal forces of destruction of our present time with the message of the mysterious and terrifying Book of Revelation. A brilliant work taking the apocalypse in the double sense of the word as revelation and end-time seriously, full of surprising discoveries.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eJürgen Moltmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(56, 118, 188);\"\u003e\"This book plays wonderfully between ‘the overstated and the unspeakable,’ to reveal deep patterns between the world of John’s apocalypse and our own, calling us to the possibility of a last chance for our increasingly uninhabitable planet.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eKathryn Tanner, Yale Divinity School\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(56, 118, 188);\"\u003e\"Catherine Keller is one of the greatest living theologians and in Facing Apocalypse she opens up that oft-hidden and neglected text of John’s Apocalypse, horses, dragons, and all. By holding the apocalyptic text and the signs of the times in a generative and revelatory tension, Keller makes this ancient text shake and quake our present moment. Read this book and don't be left behind.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eTripp Fuller, host, Homebrewed Christianity podcast\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(56, 118, 188);\"\u003e\"Of special relevance to clergy, seminary students and non-specialist general readers within the Christian community, Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances is an extraordinary and thought-provoking read.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eJulie Summers, Midwest book review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1a69c1;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_31_acc35af7-7009-461b-828e-de2141f2dd84.png?v=1757616737\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.” (Revelation 8:1)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eJohn’s \u003cem\u003eApocalypse, \u003c\/em\u003eotherwise known as \u003cem\u003eRevelation\u003c\/em\u003e, is the final book of the Christian Bible and has retained over the centuries its climactic position in the Christian canon. Now our age is threatening its own distinctively “apocalyptic” climax: climate havoc. The synchronicity of the ancient imaginary with our own time gives one pause. But as Catherine Keller notes, the meaning of “apocalypse” is not disaster but “unveiling.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn John’s first-century text she finds not a foretelling of future events, but an inspired “dreamreading” of fatal human patterns that offers a lens to understand our present reality—and perhaps inspire an ecological and social response that could alter self-fulfilling prophecies of doom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Keller\u003c\/strong\u003e is George T. Cobb Professor of Constructive Theology in The Graduate Division of Religion of Drew University. She teaches and lectures across a broad spectrum of pluralist, ecofeminist, process, and political theology. Her many books include \u003cem\u003eFrom a Broken Web\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eApocalypse Now \u0026amp; Then\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eGod \u0026amp; Power; Face of the Deep\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eOn the Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eCloud of the Impossible\u003c\/em\u003e; and most recently, \u003cem\u003ePolitical Theology of the Earth: Our Planetary Emergency and the Struggle for a New Public \u003c\/em\u003e(Columbia University Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-5zku8Dnv3A\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Keller_Facing_Apocalypse_TOC.pdf?v=1648654282\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"2\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Keller_Facing_Apocalypse_Preface.pdf?v=1648654282\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Preface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/trippfuller.com\/2022\/06\/07\/catherine-keller-theology-in-process\/\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_1_480x480.png?v=1661271271\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37567709184195,"sku":"978-1-62698-413-4","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/Facing_Apocalypse.jpg?v=1747248924"},{"product_id":"on-pilgrimage","title":"On Pilgrimage: The Sixties","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #246110;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #246110;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* Catholic Media Association Award Winner   \/  Faithful Citizenship - Religious Freedom\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #246110;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* Catholic Media Association Award Winner   \/  Newly Canonized Saints\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #246110;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e* Illumination Book Award \/ Gold Medal, Catholic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"left\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(38, 107, 186);\"\u003e“A rich collection that reveals Dorothy Day’s prophetic voice during one of the most turbulent decades of modern history. The selections show Day wrestling with war, social upheaval, and the evolving mission of the Catholic Worker.”— \u003cstrong\u003eAmerica Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“Ellsberg’s careful editing highlights Dorothy Day’s moral clarity and spiritual depth during the upheavals of the 1960s. A valuable contribution to understanding her legacy.”— \u003cstrong\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"left\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(38, 107, 186);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(38, 107, 186);\"\u003e\"Don’t dive into this book as one does a novel. Read it slowly, musing on an essay for a week, with a pencil in hand. For Day challenges us to make the connections between a spirituality of love for God and a love for all.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eRosalie G. Riegle, Sojourners\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(38, 107, 186);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“On Pilgrimage” is a work of profound ascetical spirituality. One does not have to be Catholic to perform the corporal works of mercy or to risk imprisonment in opposition to systemic injustice and war.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eRachelle Linner , Catholic News Service\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"Winner%20of%20the%202025%20Catholic%20Media%20Award%20Second%20Place%20-%20Spirituality%20Contemporary%20%C2%A0------------------------------%20Winner%20of%20The%20Nautilus%20Book%20Awards%20Silver%20Winner%20-%20Spirituality%20of%20Western%20Thought!%20------------------------------%20Winner%20of%20the%202025%20Illumination%20Award%20Subject:%20Spirituality%20-%20Award:%20Gold\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"221\" width=\"387\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Catholic_Worker_Movement_Catholic_Worker_Movement.png?v=1763654338\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eA chronicle of faith and action through a decade of protest, idealism, and change.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThrough Dorothy Day’s monthly “On Pilgrimage” columns from \u003cem\u003eThe Catholic Worker, \u003c\/em\u003ethis volume offers a unique chronicle on the 1960s, a tumultuous decade marked by the Cuban Revolution, Vatican II, the struggle for Civil Rights, Vietnam protests, the rise of the United Farmworkers, and dramatic cultural change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDay surveyed these developments from the vantage point of her life among the poor, her life-long struggle for peace and justice, and her daily efforts to seek God in her everyday life. For those wondering what Day would be doing today, this volume—drawn from a decade that in many ways mirrors our own—provides an invaluable guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDorothy Day \u003c\/strong\u003e(1897-1980) was the co-founder of \u003cem\u003eThe Catholic Worker, \u003c\/em\u003ea movement and a newspaper promoting the radical message of the Gospel. With the Vatican’s acceptance of her cause for canonization she received the title Servant of God. \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Ellsberg,\u003c\/strong\u003e publisher of Orbis Books, served as a managing editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Catholic Worker \u003c\/em\u003eand edited Day’s selected writings, diaries, and selected letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Day_Ellsberg_On_Pilgrimage_TOC.pdf?v=1648654135\" title=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Related Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Day_Ellsberg_On_Pilgrimage_Intro.pdf?v=1648654135\" title=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book 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addressing anti-Muslim discrimination.” — \u003cem data-end=\"1911\" data-start=\"1899\"\u003eSojourners\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an era of tension and division this volume offers a compelling case for a Christian response to an insidious problem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis important and accessible book argues that Christians, not Muslims, should be at the forefront of efforts to end Islamophobia. 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This book is a must read for understanding Black liturgical history and the key issues facing current Black Church traditions. This is engaged, relevant scholarship with a discerning heart, mapping territory we need to know.”—\u003cb\u003eDon E. Saliers, William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Theology and Worship, Emeritus, Theologian-in-Residence, Emory University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(9, 67, 84);\"\u003e“At the heart of the Black Church experience is worship. At its nerve center resides the divine imperatives of love and justice. Lisa Allen’s signature work leads us into the fierce faithfulness of Womanist theology, woven through the advocating and clearing spaces of worship. In action and instruction, Dr. Allen reflects the very wisdom contained within these pages.”—\u003cb\u003eAlton B. Pollard III, President and Professor of Religion and Culture, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(9, 67, 84);\"\u003e\"There is no doubt that Allen’s book will inspire future pastoral and practical theological work, and perhaps even give rise to creative new modes of worship planning and performance. \"- \u003cb\u003eXavier M. Montecel, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Journal of Moral Theology, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2023): 145–165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"44\" width=\"440\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_31_acc35af7-7009-461b-828e-de2141f2dd84.png?v=1757616737\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eExamines the history of worship in the Black Church in America, the enduring effects of white supremacy on its liturgical heritage, and proffers a new liturgical paradigm, using a womanist hermeneutic, for students, liturgists, liturgical musicians and lay people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eIn this “love letter to the Black Church,” Dr. Lisa Allen examines the history of worship in the Black Church in America (and its legacy of equating liturgy with justice), the enduring effects of white supremacy on its liturgical heritages, and finally proffers a new liturgical paradigm, using a womanist hermeneutic, for students, liturgists, liturgical musicians, and lay people. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Allen, PhD\u003c\/strong\u003e, is an Emmy-award winning pastor, professor, and public theologian. She is the Helmar Emil Nielsen Professor of Church Music and Worship and Degree Coordinator for the Master of Arts in Liturgical Arts and Culture at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA. She has over forty years of experience as a church musician, liturgist, and educator. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWorship Matters! A Collection of Practical Essays on the Practical and Spiritual Discipline of Worship.\u003c\/i\u003e She currently resides in Atlanta, GA, and serves as Coordinator of Practical Ministries for the Sixth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"toc\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Allen_A_Womanist_Theology_of_Worship_TOC.pdf?v=1648576441\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"intro\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Allen_A_Womanist_Theology_of_Worship_Intro.pdf?v=1648576441\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/opinion\/womanist-theology-worship-reclaims-communal-and-spiritual-authority-through-african\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/BOOK_REVIEW_A_Womanist_Theology_of_Worship_reclaims_communal_and_spiritual_authority_through_African_legacies_Apr_9_2022_by_Diana_L._Hayes_A_WOMANIST_THEOLOGY_OF_WORSHIP_LITURGY_JUSTI_480x480.png?v=1660153199\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"248\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.waterwomensalliance.org\/portfolio-item\/water-recommends-march-2022\/\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/A_Womanist_Theology_of_Worship_Liturgy_Justice_and_Communal_Righteousness_By_Lisa_Allen_Maryknoll_NY_Orbis_Books_2021_231_pages_28_480x480.png?v=1660156461\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"244\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41036744261827,"sku":"978-1-62698-444-8","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Womansit-Theology.cover..jpg?v=1747248937"},{"product_id":"on-pilgrimage-the-seventies","title":"On Pilgrimage: The Seventies","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003eCatholic Media Association Award Winner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003eNautilus Award Winner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHere is a selection of Dorothy Day’s “On Pilgrimage” columns published in The Catholic Worker newspaper during the last decade of her life. Highlights are reports from her travels around the world, including Tanzania and the Soviet Union; arrest with the farmworkers at age 75; a standoff with the IRS over refusal to pay federal income tax; the end of the Vietnam War; speaking at the Eucharistic Congress; opening a new house of hospitality for homeless women; and the slow, inexorable journey toward the culmination of her “pilgrimage” in 1980. After the tumult of the 1960s, Dorothy welcomed in the 70s with  the signs of constructive work, pointing to an alternative society. These writings are a  moving testament to a life among the poor, her work as a prophetic peacemaker, her model as a new kind of saint for our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy Day\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(1897-1980), founder of the Catholic Worker movement, was singled out by Pope Francis in his address to Congress, as one of four “great Americans” who offer us a new way of seeing and interpreting reality. Her cause for canonization is in process. Her Orbis titles include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDorothy Day: Selected Writings, Loaves and Fishes, From Union Square to Rome,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(with Peter Sicius)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Maurin: Apostle to the World;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Pilgrimage: The Sixties.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Ellsberg, editor:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis is the fifth volume of writings by Dorothy Day he has edited, following her\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelected Writings, The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day; All the Way to Heaven: Selected Letters of Dorothy Day,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Pilgrimage: The Sixties.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThis decade covers the five years he spent as part of the Catholic Worker community, including two years as managing editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Catholic Worker.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Catholic_Worker_Movement_Catholic_Worker_Movement.png?v=1763654338\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"464\" height=\"265\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg height=\"83\" width=\"433\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"toc\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Day_Ellsberg_On_Pilgrimage_The_Seventies_TOC.pdf?v=1648490844\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Intro\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Day_Ellsberg_On_Pilgrimage_The_Seventies_Intro_Ellsberg.pdf?v=1648490823\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Chapter 1\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Day_Ellsberg_On_Pilgrimage_The_Seventies_ch.1_Jan.1970_Day.pdf?v=1648490798\"\u003eClick Here For Chapter 1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/arts-culture\/2021\/11\/30\/dorothy-day-catholic-book-club-241927?utm_source=piano\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_campaign=16686\u0026amp;pnespid=7bk_EiFVMKwayPXCuy3kSoPQuRupCMFwLOe4xfNttRpmmIRra684dN8cyv6Ec5756GCZoP9x\"\u003e \u003cimg alt=\"\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2023\/06\/29\/all-saints-robert-ellsberg-245549\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"163\" width=\"285\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/MonochromeTextureNewspaperInstagramPost_3_480x480.png?v=1689083944\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/vatican\/vatican-news\/pope-dorothy-days-life-shows-evangelizing-power-charity-witness-love\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/PopeDorothyDay_slifeshowsevangelizingpowerofcharity_witness_love_480x480.png?v=1692711529\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"163\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thetablet.co.uk\/news\/17517\/pope-francis-on-dorothy-day-the-grace-that-flows-from-charity-\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"163\" width=\"285\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/21AUGUST2023_THETABLETPopeFrancisonDorothyDay_thegracethatflowsfromcharity_byBessTwistonDavies_480x480.png?v=1692712245\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/catholicphilly.com\/2021\/10\/culture\/collection-shows-dorothy-days-unique-vision-of-holiness\/\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"163\" width=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Collection_shows_Dorothy_Day_s_unique_vision_of_holiness_1_480x480_f09c88cd-902f-4a32-8bac-22aca8bab0af_480x480.webp?v=1692714456\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/255159\/pope-francis-praises-dorothy-day-in-preface-to-collection-of-her-work\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"163\" width=\"285\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/PopeFrancispraisesDorothyDayinprefacetocollectionofherwork_3_480x480.png?v=1692797860\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca 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Helen LaKelly Hunt, an inspirational woman in her own right, has lovingly gathered here a surprising, diverse, and fascinating community of Wisdom Sisters whose stories and companionship can sustain, illumine, and enliven our own spiritual journeys. Highly recommended!”—\u003cstrong\u003eChristine Firer Hinze, Chair, Department of Theology, Fordham University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4167c9;\"\u003e“Helen LaKelly Hunt shares powerful lessons gleaned from the lives and struggles of seventy-nine women of faith. Whether your jam is Anne Lamott, Sojourner Truth, Elaine Pagels, or Hildegard of Bingen, you will find uncommon wisdom in this insightful, prayerful anthology.” —\u003cstrong\u003eChristine Schenk, CSJ, author, \u003cem\u003eC\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003erispina and Her Sisters: Women and Authority in Early Christianity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e                                                           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4167c9;\"\u003e“These powerfully spiritual women from antiquity until today glow in Helen’s account. They suffered but found joy, were enslaved but found freedom, were hated but expressed love. Joy, freedom, love: these hard-won qualities thrive in the communities described here of sisters whose force reveals wisdom in fully spiritual dimensions.”—\u003cstrong\u003eBonnie Wheeler, director of medieval studies, Southern Methodist University, Dallas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e                                           \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4167c9;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eSister Wisdom is a guidebook you’ll want to keep with you. I can’t wait to gift it to all my women friends and read it with them.”\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria Feldt, co-founder and president, Take the Lead          \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4167c9;\"\u003e “More than just a book about women or for women, the stories in Sister Wisdom demonstrate a timeless transnational, transcultural, and transreligious reality and invite readers to recognize this healing, empowering love in their own lives.”—\u003cstrong\u003eDiana Dudoit Raiche, PhD, associate professor of theology, University of Dallas \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShort meditations on women of faith—including saints, social reformers, and contemporary theologians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelen LaKelly Hunt, PhD,\u003c\/strong\u003e has been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame due to her work in women’s philanthropy. She has a doctorate from Union Theological Seminary, NYC. With her husband Harville Hendrix she helped pioneer Imago Relationship Therapy. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eAnd the Spirit Moved Them: The Lost Radical History of America’s First Feminists \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eFaith and Feminism: A Holy Alliance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Hunt_Sister_Wisdom_Intro.pdf?v=1648229042\" title=\"Introduction\" style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eClick Here For The Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Hunt_Sister_Wisdom_TOC.pdf?v=1648229054\" title=\"TOC\" style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41057182679235,"sku":"978-1-62698-462-2","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/9781626984622.jpg?v=1747248974"},{"product_id":"rising-learning-from-womens-leadership-in-catholic-ministries","title":"Rising : Learning from Women's Leadership in Catholic Ministries","description":"\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #3f7c55;\"\u003eCatholic Media Association Award Winner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #3f7c55;\"\u003eAssociation Of Catholic Publishers Award Winner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-redactor-span=\"true\" data-redactor-style-cache=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 125);\" style=\"color: rgb(6, 21, 89);\"\u003eAn eloquent testimony to the leadership role that countless Catholic women have played in parish ministries, health care, all levels of education, diocesan administration, national and international organizations, and a profound call for a greater recognition of their essential participation so that the Church may more fully be the Church of Jesus Christ.”—\u003cstrong\u003eRev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-redactor-span=\"true\" data-redactor-style-cache=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 125);\" style=\"color: rgb(6, 21, 89);\"\u003e“By sharing the stories and voices of a diverse community of women leaders currently shaping the Church's service around the world, Dr. Woo brings not only hope but also a gifted leader's strategic perspective to an issue that if not properly addressed could prove catastrophic for so many. Never vitriolic and always leading with both intelligence and authentic love, Carolyn and the leaders she highlights provide a way forward and true hope for any woman who desires to lead with virtue and grace.”--\u003cstrong\u003eLisa M. 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Yet, as this book shows, women in fact occupy many leadership roles across a range of Catholic ministries, from the parish and diocesan level to national organizations in the fields of education, healthcare, communications, and social service.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRising\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDr. Carolyn Woo features sixteen of these remarkable women’s stories, tracing the challenges many of them have faced along the way (including clericalism), but also highlighting the gifts and experiences that women bring to their roles. These are valuable lessons that pertain to every person called to leadership in the church. She concludes with a set of actions for institutions and individuals for inspiring, inviting, engaging, and supporting women’s leadership in Catholic ministries. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarolyn Y. Woo \u003c\/strong\u003eis herself one of the outstanding lay women leaders in the Catholic church: former dean of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business; CEO and President of Catholic Relief Services (2012-2016); and coordinator, Vatican Dialogue on Energy Transition, to name a few. Dr. Woo serves on the boards of many Catholic institutions, including \u003cem\u003eOur Sunday Visitor\u003c\/em\u003e, Catholic University of America, University of Notre Dame Australia, University of Portland, and Catholic Charities USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lV31QG4BlAs\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" title=\"toc\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Woo_Rising_TOC.pdf?v=1648488380\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" title=\"Intro\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Woo_Rising_Intro.pdf?v=1648488403\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Related Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridacatholic.org\/entertainment\/book-reviews\/former-crs-head-looks-at-womens-leadership-in-church-as-taught-lived\/article_053c8d54-ddd9-11ec-9584-53812e1f9943.html\"\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" height=\"147\" width=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Add_a_little_bit_of_body_text_1_87ec2284-494a-4132-ae59-617b64e69a57_480x480.png?v=1660160341\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"%22Rising:%20Learning%20from%20Women's%20Leadership%20in%20Catholic%20Ministries%22%20by%20Carolyn%20Y.%20Woo.%20Orbis%20Books%20%20(Maryknoll,%20New%20York,%202022).%20272%20pp.,%20%2421\"\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Women_s_Day_A_time_to_measure_progress_reach_out_to_young_women_Mar_8_2022_by_Cindy_Wooden_Catholic_News_Service_Rising_Learning_from_Women_s_Leadership_in_Catholic_Ministries_by_Caro_480x480.png?v=1660158916\" width=\"261\" height=\"149\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ndsmcobserver.com\/2023\/03\/loyal-daughters-and-sons-panel-discusses-50-years-of-female-progress-at-notre-dame\/\"\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" height=\"149\" width=\"261\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/NEWS_LoyalDaughtersandSons_Paneldiscusses50yearsoffemaleprogressatNotreDameKelseyQuintTuesday_March28_2023_BusinessCard_Landscape_480x480.png?v=1680101008\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41057389281475,"sku":"978-1-62698-473-8","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/9781626984738.jpg?v=1747248988"},{"product_id":"dearest-sister-wendy-a-surprising-story-of-faith-and-friendship","title":"Dearest Sister Wendy . . . A Surprising Story of Faith and Friendship","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #439e50;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e*Catholic Media Association Award Winner\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #439e50;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #439e50;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNautilus Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #439e50;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIllumination Award Winner - \u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBiography\/Memoir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #439e50;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #439e50;\"\u003eAssociation of Catholic Publishers Award Winner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e“To read \u003cem\u003eDearest Sister Wendy… \u003c\/em\u003eis to be touched by a living flame of grace. The depth of genuine communication and connection between Sister Wendy and Robert Ellsberg is rare and exhilarating to behold. Yet, we are not simply left on the sidelines as admiring spectators. The Spirit animating the intimacy and scope of sharing between the two and bringing about challenge, healing, and enlightenment in the process also enfolds us into its transformative ambit. Page after page, I found myself moved and enriched in depths that I didn’t even know existed. I am roundly convinced that it is impossible to overstate the blessedness and wonder of this remarkable book!” –\u003cstrong\u003eMichelle Jones, editor, \u003cem\u003eRuth Burrows: Essential Writings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e“In their fascinating emails these two brilliant souls reflect one another, challenge one another, share dreams, disappointments, and hopes. Both Robert Ellsberg and Sister Wendy Beckett are brilliantly verbal so their reflections on almost any topic are provocative, touching, incisive, and frequently hilarious. But the chief delight of this wonderful book comes when all that brilliant conversation becomes something quite different, something far more fitting for a contemplative religious and a chronicler of saints. \u003cem\u003eDearest Sister Wendy…\u003c\/em\u003e is—finally—a love story. We are privileged to watch in silent wonder as that love grows, ripens, and reaches its perfection as Sister Wendy’s breath finally runs out. ‘We have heaven already, we just can’t see it,’ she writes.  Thanks to Robert Ellsberg and Sister Wendy we see it very clearly.”—\u003cstrong\u003eBill Cain, SJ, playwright, author, \u003cem\u003eThe Diary of Jesus Christ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e“This book blew open the gates of my heart. What a quietly magnificent example of spiritual friendship! A blossoming mystic disguised as an American publisher of progressive Christian texts and a passionate art critic disguised as an English contemplative nun, recognize each other, draw each other out, and lift each other up. The outcome is a powerful transformation for both.  It was a privilege to bear witness to the unfolding of this holy companionship through these carefully distilled letters. By the end, I felt I knew and loved Sister Wendy almost as deeply as Robert did, and I wept when she died.”—\u003cstrong\u003eMirabai Starr, author, \u003cem\u003eGod of Love\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWild Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e“Sit back and prepare yourselves for a magical, mystery tour! This living encounter between great hearts and minds will inspire you to reflect more deeply on your own path and calling.”—\u003cstrong\u003eSister Helen Prejean, author, \u003cem\u003eRiver of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e“A \u003cem\u003etour de force\u003c\/em\u003e which never loses momentum, \u003cem\u003eDearest Sister Wendy…\u003c\/em\u003e is a riv\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003eeting exchange between two correspondents of extraordinary intelligence and depth. If, at first, you feel you’re eavesdropping on a private conversation between a nun and a publisher, you soon realize you’re actually being drawn into a series of profound meditations on the spiritual life. Brimming with theological insights, humanity, and humor, this volume provides much material for prayer and reflection.”—\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Ford, author and former BBC religion producer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e “For the last three years of her life, Sister Wendy Beckett corresponded on almost a daily basis with her friend Robert Ellsberg, a publisher best known for his writings on Dorothy Day and other saints. What followed is a rare treasure in the annals of spiritual literature—a moving, humorous, profound exchange about themes that mattered to them both: holiness, suffering, love, joy, and the things that make us human. This is a beautiful and profound book.” –\u003cstrong\u003eJames Martin, SJ, author, \u003cem\u003eLearning to Pray\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e “This book surprises at every page. Beginning in wonderment as we witness the birth of an unlikely friendship, we grow to appreciate how necessary this friendship was for us all. An intimate look at the power of grace as it becomes real in the midst of our wounds, these letters of love will leave readers feeling grateful and awake. What a wondrous gift indeed.”—\u003cstrong\u003eCecilia González-Andrieu, PhD, Professor of Theology and Theological Aesthetics, Loyola Marymount University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e“Thomas Merton once referred to his lifelong, prolific and wide-ranging correspondence as ‘an apostolate of friendship.’ This collection reflects precisely the kind of ministry of friendship Merton described, one marked by the mutually uplifting experience of deep relationship between two friends, while also providing a pastoral and spiritual resource for readers drawn into the collective story this personal correspondence conveys. This book is deeply captivating, not only because you come to learn more about the lives of two interesting people, but also and especially because it is in the particularity of their friendship that you come to learn more about yourself, God, and the world. Once you pick up this book, you won’t be able to put it down!”—\u003cstrong\u003e Daniel P. Horan, OFM, Professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Theology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e“In this spiritual gem we are given privileged access into an extraordinary conversation between two remarkable pilgrims on the Christian journey. The one, a famous art historian and hermit who lived most of her life sheltered from the ordinary world of human engagement, and the other a writer and publisher who had the good fortune to engage some of the most distinguished figures in modern American Catholicism. In their remarkably frank and intimate exchanges, we are privileged interlopers in a conversation that both provokes and edifies.”—\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Gaillardetz, Joseph Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology at Boston College. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e“Reading these letters is like walking through the Louvre. Portal after portal into rich spiritual reflection is offered by the exchange between these friends long-devoted to the spiritual path.  Relevant, penetrating, grounded, and rife with character, this spiritual exchange promises to intrigue, challenge, and, like any good art exhibit, to draw the depth-hungry viewer (reader) back again and again.  It is a much-needed spiritual conversation for our time. I expect my copy will swiftly become a tattered dog-eared well-loved tome.”—\u003cstrong\u003eMelody Goetz, artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e“This utterly captivating conversation in letters is a generous gift from two surprising friends and ever-curious spiritual pilgrims. Reading this book is like sharing a bottle of extraordinary wine. It will age well in the classics of Christian literature.”—\u003cstrong\u003eCarolyn Whitney Brown, co-author (with Henri Nouwen) of \u003cem\u003eFlying, Falling, Catching: An Unlikely Story of Finding Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e“‘Perhaps all along we had been writing a book unawares,’ Robert Ellsberg writes of the email conversation he shared with the late contemplative art critic Sister Wendy Beckett over a few short years before her death. At once mutually admiring, spiritually honest and grounded, \u003cem\u003eDearest Sister Wendy…\u003c\/em\u003e invites us to imagine what waiting for heaven looks like.” –\u003cstrong\u003eRose Pacatte, FSP, DMin, award-winning film critic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e\"Balancing contemplation and social activism is challenging for many Christians. Wendy and Robert speak to us through their vulnerability in the language of our time but in conversation with our wider faith story. I am very grateful to have “met” them both.\"\u003cstrong\u003e     -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJenny Dawson. Tui Motu InterIslands\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c57a0;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThis book is based on several hundred letters, exchanged on an almost daily basis, during the last three years of Sister Wendy’s life. Initially they dealt with lives of saints, the meaning of holiness, and the spiritual life, but they soon expanded into a deep and intimate exchange that encompassed our whole lives, the subject of love, suffering, joy, and the presence of grace in everyday life. For Sister Wendy—by calling and temperament, a hermit—this involved an expansion of her spiritual and emotional horizons that prepared her for her final days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e                            \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSister Wendy\u003c\/strong\u003e, who died in Dec 2018, was a consecrated hermit who lived on the grounds of a Carmelite monastery in England. For some years she achieved highly unlikely fame when she was discovered by the BBC and given her own TV series to common on art. From this there followed many books on art and spirituality. But eventually she reverted to her solitary life. Many had urged Sister Wendy to write more about her interior life—but she always refused. That is what changed in the course of our correspondence, to the point that she observed that the book I had been seeking was to be found in our correspondence.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRobert Ellsberg\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis the publisher and editor-in-chief Orbis Books. He is the author of many books about saints and holiness, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll Saints, Blessed Among All Women, The Saints Guide to Happiness,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Living Gospel: Reading God’s Story in Holy Lives.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eStrongly influenced in his youth by his work with Dorothy Day, he has edited five volumes of her writings, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected Writings, The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day, All the Way to Heaven: Selected Letters of Dorothy Day,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand most recently,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn Pilgrimage: The Seventies.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" style=\"float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Beckett_Ellsberg_Dearest_Sister_Wendy_Intro.pdf?v=1652114832\" href=\"Intro\"\u003eClick Here For The Introduction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Beckett_Ellsberg_Dearest_Sister_Wendy_TOC.pdf?v=1652114843\" href=\"TOC\"\u003eClick Here For The Table of Contents\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertEllsberg\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Follow_the_Author_3_480x480.png?v=1661971260\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/manhattanbookreview.com\/product\/dearest-sister-wendy-a-suprising-story-of-faith-and-friendship\/\"\u003e\u003cimg 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src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ISBN-13978-1608339921_5_480x480.png?v=1676994323\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ISBN-13978-1608339921_5_480x480.png?v=1676994323\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cbfblog.com\/2023\/03\/14\/robert-ellsberg-dearest-sister-wendy\/\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/RobertEllsberg_DearestSisterWendyPostedonMarch14_2023byDANIELPOTTER_1_480x480.png?v=1678887580\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/RobertEllsberg_DearestSisterWendyPostedonMarch14_2023byDANIELPOTTER_1_480x480.png?v=1678887580\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2023\/06\/29\/all-saints-robert-ellsberg-245549\"\u003e\u003cimg 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This exploration of public witness is nourishment for Gospel living in challenging times.” –\u003cb\u003eSimone Campbell, SSS, 2022 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(21, 72, 148);\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Useful for theologians, clergy, and educated lay people concerned about the church and social justice. Every theological library should have it.\"\u003cb\u003e -  Don Schweitzer, St. Andrew’s College, Toronto Journal of Theology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(21, 72, 148);\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Makes an important intervention in public theology. . . . By pairing social justice movements that began in the twentieth-century with contemporary movements founded in the twenty-first, Carbine provides vivid portraits of what constitutes feminist public theology across wideranging concerns, including economic, gender, racial, ethnic, and ecological justice.\"-\u003cstrong\u003eKaren V. Guth, in \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterpretation \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(21, 72, 148);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\"Nevertheless, We Persist shows us how to create a new, fully feminist and fully public theology. It will be a foundational text in graduate and seminary courses on feminist theology, religious resistance, Catholic Social Teaching, and activist theology. Those of us who reject kyriarchy but hold out hope that faith traditions, including ecclesial faith traditions, can transform the world have found a method for transformation in this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003ebook. From this point on, I will always be looking for the trinity that Carbine has taught me: the rhetorical, symbolic, and prophetic practices that are both currently and eschatologically constructing and revealing the kingdom of God. I am grateful for this new road forward for feminist public theology.\" - \u003cb\u003eTerry Hawley Reeder, Religious Studies and Women’s, Gender, \u0026amp; Sexuality Studies, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, Critical Theology Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(21, 72, 148);\"\u003e“Weaving together insights from Vatican II, feminist and womanist theologies of sacramentality, and a relational theological anthropology, Rosemary Carbine persuasively argues for enlarging the field of public theology. Her dramatic testimonies of ‘ekklesial work’ present the profound challenges on how to ‘remake the public’ while still sustaining hope in an increasingly complex world. Anyone who hungers for solidarity in our deeply fractured society will find both insightful encouragement and effective practical strategies that explain why ‘nevertheless, we persist!’” –\u003cb\u003eMary Ann Hinsdale, IHM, Boston College \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(21, 72, 148);\"\u003e“By asking much needed and decisive theological questions, Rosemary Carbine lays the foundation for a feminist public theology, one grounded in rhetorical, symbolic, and prophetic practices.  This well-researched book is a must read for all who want to reimagine the ‘relationship between Christianity and US public life’ in a manner that takes seriously the pressing issues of our time.” –\u003cb\u003eNancy Pineda-Madrid, T. Marie Chilton Chair of Catholic Theology, Loyola Marymount University \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(21, 72, 148);\"\u003e“Rosemary Carbine re-ignites hope for a radically inclusive society and church. . . . Carbine offers a richly sourced text that uses paired 20th and 21st century social movements to highlight the anthropology, Christology, and eschatology of the ekklesial work of wo\/men that embody the rhetorical, symbolic, and prophetic practices of a public theology that prioritizes suffering people, critiques present injustice, and ‘edges toward’ a more just future.” –\u003cb\u003eElena G. Procario-Foley, Br. John G. Driscoll Professor of Jewish-Catholic Studies, Iona University \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eNevertheless, We Persist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e elaborates an innovative feminist theological approach to the public church and to the praxis of public theology as ekklesial work. Carbine constructs and then applies this approach to identify and interpret theological claims and practices of public engagement that have been exemplified by Christian social justice leaders and movements. She draws on major figures in feminist and womanist theologies to examine the rich diversity of historical and contemporary faith-based movements such as the Catholic Worker, the Civil Rights Movement, United Farm Workers, and The Plowshares Movement. Each chapter ends with a contemporary social movement that continues and radicalizes a part of an earlier movement with attention to multi-faith approaches that address increasing fractures of US public life in our time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eRosemary P. Carbine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e is associate professor of religious studies, Whittier College, CA. She holds master’s and doctoral degrees in theology from the University of Chicago Divinity School, is a former co-chair of the Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Unit of the American Academy of Religion and is former convener of Theological Anthropology and the Women’s Consultation in Constructive Theology, Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA). Currently, Carbine is an editorial team member and edits the Winter issue of the international journal \u003ci\u003eCritical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e and convenes the Public Theology Interest Group in the CTSA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eCover image:   “Companion: Mary Magdalene with Joanna and Susanna (The Succession of Mary Magdalene)” by Janet McKenzie \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eCover design:  Ponie Sheehan \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Carbine_Nevertheless_We_Persist_Intro.pdf?v=1695063385\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Carbine_Nevertheless_We_Persist_TOC.pdf?v=1695063371\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41452327862467,"sku":"978-1-62698-477-6","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Carbine_NeverthelessWePersist_ccdee2ea-73dd-4069-acbd-c9bcd0ecf319.jpg?v=1747248992"},{"product_id":"catholic-women-preach-raising-voices-renewing-the-church-cycle-a","title":"Catholic Women Preach: Raising Voices, Renewing the Church. CYCLE A","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3d744a;\"\u003eCatholic Media Association Award Winner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #3d744a;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3d744a;\"\u003eAssociation Of Catholic Publishers Award Winner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #114f6b;\"\u003e\"These reflections draw us from our comfort zones into mission. Service, they stress, implies learning to live within a new moral framework, challenging unjust social structures and excluding no one. This is a book for preachers and those bereft of good preaching. It offers models for memorable sermons grounded in theological education, pastoral experience and imagination.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eMargaret McLean, Tui Motu InterIslands\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #114f6b;\"\u003e“As you listen with the ear of your heart to the wisdom of women, may you, too, be emboldened to preach the word with persistence at all times and in all ways.”—\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara E. Reid, O.P., from the Foreword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #114f6b;\"\u003e“A tremendous resource for the church.”—\u003cstrong\u003eJames Martin, SJ, author, \u003cem\u003eLearning to Pray\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #114f6b;\"\u003e“In this book, Betty Anne Donnelly and Russ Petrus have gathered a liturgical year’s worth of wisdom from some of the most insightful, gifted Catholic women of our day. This text will accompany Catholics in prayer and reflection. It will inspire preachers and hearers of God’s word. Most importantly, it will remind us all that women’s voices have been at the heart of the Christian message since Mary Magdalene first witnessed the empty tomb on Easter morning.”—\u003cstrong\u003eNatalia Imperatori-Lee, author, \u003cem\u003eCúentame: Narrative in the Ecclesial Present\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #114f6b;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#2084b1\" style=\"color: #2084b1;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003eFrom the first Pentecost to our own day, the Spirit continues to pour out abundant gifts on the whole People of God. Central to the gifts bestowed in baptism is the commission to women as well as to men from every nation to proclaim the good news that ‘the reign of God is at hand.’ This volume of preaching by faith-filled missionary disciples from around the globe is a valuable response to the call of Pope Francis for a ‘more incisive role for women’ in the Church’s mission. The testimony of these women inspires unexpected hope and suggests creative possibilities for a fuller hearing—and living—of the Gospel. At the same time, the collection raises the disturbing question of why we so rarely hear the Gospel preached by women.”—\u003cstrong\u003eMary Catherine Hilkert, O.P., Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1d87ae;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThis series of three volumes, following the A, B, C Cycles of the lectionary, offer homilies by Catholic women from the around the world. This is taken from an ongoing project, “Catholic Women Preach,” https:\/\/www.catholicwomenpreach.org\/ which has featured videos every Sunday for six years. Though the texts are available on the website, this series will make them available in print form for weekly meditation, an inspiration for homilists, and a resource for courses in homiletics. A project of FutureChurch: see \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.futurechurch.org\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.futurechurch.org\/\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.futurechurch.org\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth A. Donnelly\u003c\/strong\u003e (Preacher Coordinator) is a frequent speaker and writer on Catholic affairs. She has served on several boards, including those of Jesuit Volunteers International, Maryknoll Lay Missioners, Bread for the World, and the Ignatian Solidarity Network. She received an MTS from Harvard Divinity School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuss Petrus\u003c\/strong\u003e serves as co-director for FutureChurch, which sponsors the “Catholic Women Preach” project. He holds an MDiv from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology and the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College, where he focused on liturgics and catechesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Donnelly_Petrus_Catholic_Women_Preach_Intro.pdf?v=1655323270\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Donnelly_Petrus_Catholic_Women_Preach_TOC.pdf?v=1655323270\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; 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Her work offers both inspiration and deep nourishment for all those working to create a better world for the Earth and all her children.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Stephan Martin, Director, Deeptime Leadership Program at the Deeptime Network\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e“Rising up from a planetary chaos of political antagonisms, ruinous industrial processes, and threats of nuclear war, is Sister Jeanne Clark, OP, a miracle of wisdom and faith. As you read her story, you will find yourself weeping with joy. Her very existence is proof that, in the midst of vast destruction, humanity is also building a world of compassion and peace.”—\u003cstrong\u003eBrian Thomas Swimme, California Institute of Integral Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e“Jeanne Clark’s book is a page turner. An engaging story of a deeply committed nun inspired by Dorothy Day and Thomas Berry to create the foundations for peace with the Earth community.”—\u003cstrong\u003eMary Evelyn Tucker, co-author, \u003cem\u003eJourney of the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e“Jeanne Clark’s collection of inspiring personal stories reveals a faithful journey in response to deeply challenging manifestations of violence and injustice. Clearly, a community of communities—ultimately the beloved Earth Community—provided fertile soil for her repeatedly affirmative and risky responses to the signs of the times.”—\u003cstrong\u003eMarie Dennis, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSenior Advisor to the Secretary General, Pax Christi International\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e“Sister Jeanne Clark shows us that to be ‘religious’ is to be in relation. The true power of religion is not to save us from the world but to save the world from our worst impulses. That takes courage. These pages inspire us to answer for ourselves the question of what we feel called to do.”—\u003cstrong\u003eCarl Safina, Endowed Professor for Nature and Humanity, Stony Brook University \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_3_480x480_255dce24-eaeb-4c08-8274-abc47204d28a.webp?v=1707416101\" width=\"205\" height=\"47\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe inspiring story of one Dominican sister’s ongoing journey in religious life, moving from conventional ministries to a growing engagement with nonviolent witness, peace activism, and care for the earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeanne Clark, OP\u003c\/strong\u003e, has long been inspired by the work of Passionist priest and author Thomas Berry, and the teachings of his former student Brian Swimme. A Pax Christi Long Island “Peacemaker of the Year,” she has received other awards including one from the ACLU. Clark co-founded Homecoming Farm on Long Island, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\" data-mce-style=\"float: none;\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Clark_All_the_Way_In_TOC.pdf?v=1666631890\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Clark_All_the_Way_In_TOC.pdf?v=1666631890\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"264\" width=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Award_6.png?v=1719329253\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b66be;\"\u003e“A tremendous resource for the church.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b66be;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eJames Martin, SJ, author, Learning to Pray\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b66be;\"\u003e“This text will accompany Catholics in prayer and reflection. It will inspire preachers and hearers of God’s word. Most important, it will remind us all that women’s voices have been at the heart of the Christian message since Mary Magdalene first witnessed the empty tomb on Easter morning.”\u003cem\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eNatalia Imperatori-Lee, author, Cúentame: Narrative in the Ecclesial Present\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b66be;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Catholic Women Preach\u003c\/em\u003e meets a sacred yearning to have and hear the voices of women in the church through the unique perspective of their own preaching. . . . They each have something important to teach us, and it would behoove us to listen. Just as Mary sat at the feet of Jesus, captured by his words and teaching, we too should sit at the feet of these women teachers. This book gives me hope for the future of women in the church.”—\u003cstrong\u003eNational Catholic Reporter \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b66be;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b66be;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_3_480x480_255dce24-eaeb-4c08-8274-abc47204d28a_480x480.webp?v=1707416101\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"445\" height=\"102\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second of three volumes from the Catholic Women Preach project of FutureChurch offers homilies for each Sunday and holy days of the liturgical year by Catholic women from around the world.  The first volume for Cycle A received awards for best book on Liturgy from both the Association of Catholic Publishers and the Catholic Media Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth A. Donnelly,\u003c\/strong\u003e preacher coordinator for Catholic Women Preach (\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicwomenpreach.org\/\"\u003ecatholicwomenpreach.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e), is a frequent speaker and writer on Catholic affairs. A former Maryknoll lay missioner in Lima, Peru, she earned an MTS from Harvard Divinity School and has served on several boards, including those of Jesuit Volunteers International, Bread for the World, and the Ignatian Solidarity Network.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuss Petrus\u003c\/strong\u003e serves as co-director for FutureChurch, which sponsors the Catholic Women Preach project. 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Biography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i6NnBlXXKIg\u0026amp;list=PL_I9zTQkaIOvdWF_dm6kbINWCZ-fkjpXt\u0026amp;index=8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(39, 110, 46);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(39, 110, 46);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-style=\"color: #0b4e9b;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg height=\"303\" width=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_5ad106c4-7cad-4166-9ada-eee762840c73.png?v=1730137736\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(39, 110, 46);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(39, 110, 46);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-style=\"color: #0b4e9b;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0b4e9b;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #0b4e9b;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0e4f9b;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #0e4f9b;\"\u003eMaisie Ward, who knew Caryll Houselander and published many of her books,  called her a “Divine Eccentric.”  Houselander suffered much in her short life.   She was singular, awkward, and odd, and also the most popular and prolific writer for Catholics in postwar England.   She focused on  the passion of Christ and how personal suffering might be linked to it.   Based on deep research, grounded  in the historical and religious context, and written in accessible prose, Mary Francis Coady’s biography of Caryll Houselander  adds to understanding this  “Divine Eccentric.” \"-\u003cstrong\u003e Dana Greene, is Dean Emerita  of Oxford College of Emory University an author of “The Living of Maisie Ward” and four other biographies. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0e4f9b;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #0e4f9b;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\"This book is a watershed publication for the study of \u003cspan data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogac=\"\" class=\"markarqrelqgk\" data-markjs=\"true\"\u003eHouselander\u003c\/span\u003e: the first biography based on extensive archival research that presents her life and thought in all their complexity within their historical context in twentieth-century England. This study fills many of the gaps in knowledge of \u003cspan data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogac=\"\" class=\"markarqrelqgk\" data-markjs=\"true\"\u003eHouselander\u003c\/span\u003e’s life left by Maisie Ward’s earlier biography, providing new information about \u003cspan data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogac=\"\" class=\"markarqrelqgk\" data-markjs=\"true\"\u003eHouselander\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e’s family and social networks, and even never-before-seen photographs. A fascinating read and essential for those interested in the writer Ward called “that divine eccentric.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e -Kelley Spoerl, Professor of Theology, Saint Anselm College\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" style=\"color: rgb(14, 79, 155);\"\u003e\"My early years of spirituality were greatly influenced by \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markxwumk1nyr\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eCaryll\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"marka1nrrfvrv\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eHouselander\u003c\/span\u003e’s approach of finding divinity in everyone amid the ordinariness of daily life. What a joy to visit her life and writings and learn much more about her.  Whether the reader is new to \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"marka1nrrfvrv\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eHouselander\u003c\/span\u003e’s work or has long-known her spiritual teachings, this intriguing biography offers a treasure chest of insight and inspiration.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eJoyce Rupp, author, spiritual director, consultant for the\u003ci class=\"\"\u003e Boundless Compassion\u003c\/i\u003e program\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis biography tells the life of the elusive twentieth-century English writer, Caryll Houselander, who saved no personal letters and left only her books, which included a short autobiography, a few classics of Catholic spirituality including \u003cem\u003eThe Reed of God\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Flowering Tree\u003c\/em\u003e, and various unpublished personal scratchings. She never had robust health, and mentally had the tendency to live in her own world. Her one aim in life, discovered from adolescence onward, was to see the suffering Christ in humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1901, Houselander was of the generation that lived through two world wars. In between the two were days of wandering: art school, bohemianism, a love affair, and self-torture as she desperately sought to find herself in her search for God. Living in London during World War II, she found herself at the heart of catastrophe in the form of the Blitz, and came to understand human suffering firsthand. She also developed a wicked sense of humor and a quality for seeing into things that many around her termed a “sixth sense.” Houselander’s life was cut short by cancer, but not before earning a reputation as a Catholic eccentric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Frances Coady\u003c\/strong\u003e’s books include \u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Merton-Waugh-Crusty-Storey-Mountain\/dp\/1640602062\/ref=sr_1_1?Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=0\u0026amp;Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=0\u0026amp;qid=1668642632\u0026amp;refinements=p_28%3AMerton+and+Waugh\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0026amp;unfiltered=1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Merton-Waugh-Crusty-Storey-Mountain\/dp\/1640602062\/ref=sr_1_1?Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=0\u0026amp;Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=0\u0026amp;qid=1668642632\u0026amp;refinements=p_28%3AMerton+and+Waugh\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0026amp;unfiltered=1\"\u003eMerton and Waugh: A Monk, a Crusty Old Man, and The Seven Storey Mountain.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Her work on \u003cem\u003eCaryll Houselander\u003c\/em\u003e was supported by a grant from the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame. She lives in Toronto.\u003cem\u003e    \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/image_480x480.jpg?v=1684772385\" alt=\"\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/image_480x480.jpg?v=1684772385\" data-mce-style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Coady_Caryll_Houselander_TOC.pdf?v=1686592337\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Coady_Caryll_Houselander_TOC.pdf?v=1686592337\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Coady_Caryll_Houselander_Chapter.pdf?v=1686592337\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Coady_Caryll_Houselander_Chapter.pdf?v=1686592337\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; 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The torture the DINA inflicted, the terror of hiding, and the psychological torment of wondering whom to trust are countered with the desire to help others regardless of their station in life, faith in God, and the joy of finding like-minded people. Life can be terrifying and painful, but trusting in God provides great comfort, as Osberger found. “ \u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e- Shirley J. 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As she tells her story, Osberger, who later became a social worker and psychotherapist, outlines the United States’ involvement in Chilean politics in the 1970s, testifies to the self-giving faith of the sisters who helped one another escape, and offers a glimpse into the surprisingly solid trust in God that sometimes emerges when all seems lost.\"- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e“A riveting account of terrors executed by the Pinochet regime upon the Chilean people and Catholic religious communities living among them. 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O’Connor, Columbia Theological Seminary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e“This book had me quickly and completely riveted to the telling of the author’s experience, sparking a reliving of my own! Beautifully written, giving graphic and prophetic witness to the reality of Chile’s dictatorship.” \u003cb\u003e—Pat Farrell, OSF\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e “Two years into Pinochet’s reign of terror a 22-year-old enters his house of terrors.  We meet nuns and teachers whose ingenuity outsmarts Pinochet’s intelligence police and CIA accomplices. Riveting and inspiring, Osberger places the reader there and you cannot look away.” \u003cb\u003e—Renny Golden, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Music of Her Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e “An important chapter not only in Chile, but in the Catholic church and in the modern human rights movement.”  \u003cb\u003e—Phillip Berryman, author, \u003ci\u003eLatin America at 200: A New Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e\"The story is riveting, the writing is excellent, the relevance to today's world is frightening.\" - \u003cb\u003eSr. Terri Mackenzie, SHCJ, Society of the Holy Child Jesus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"69\" width=\"414\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn September 1973 a CIA-assisted coup overthrew the democratically-elected president of Chile, ushering in the Pinochet dictatorship. In 1975, Kathleen Osberger, a recent graduate and lay volunteer from Notre Dame, left for Santiago to teach in a Catholic grade school. Upon arrival, she was told a secret: the religious women she would live with sheltered dissidents in the cross-hairs of Pinochet’s secret police. Given the ever-tightening vise over the citizenry, brave and prophetic people reached out to protect the dissidents’ lives in a world without due process and where detention, torture, disappearance, and death reigned. Soon, Osberger is handed a blindfold, a warrant, and must go on the run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Surrender\u003c\/em\u003e depicts the solidarity of the Chilean people and the transformational role of nuns and priests dedicated to serving the poor, while highlighting the changing and challenged Catholic Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathleen Osberger\u003c\/strong\u003e earned her B.A. at the University of Notre Dame, an M.A. from Maryknoll School of Theology, and an A.M. from the University of Chicago–School of Social Work Administration. Her life was shaped by volunteer experiences when she lived in San Miguelito, Panamá; Santiago, Chile; Chimbote, Perú and the South Bronx. In 1987 she began a seventeen-year relationship with the Maryknoll Lay Missioners as an instructor in their orientation to mission program. In 1993 she joined the University of Chicago Hospitals—Department of Psychiatry. Her work as a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist has centered on the issues of trauma and torture. She currently lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/image_480x480.jpg?v=1684772385\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Osberger_I_Surrender_TOC.pdf?v=1689942911\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Osberger_I_Surrender_Chapter.pdf?v=1721059160\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For Chapter 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.kmoliteraryllc.com\/home\"\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Follow_the_Author_480x480_f1239a59-f183-4741-b06c-a7503b62f81e_480x480.webp?v=1693238303\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.kmoliteraryllc.com\/home\" style=\"float: none;\" width=\"307\" height=\"175\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newbooksnetwork.com\/i-surrender-a-memoir-of-chiles-dictatorship-1975\"\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Podcast_1_480x480.png?v=1694701016\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Podcast_1_480x480.png?v=1694701016\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e★\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eAdvance Praise and Reviews\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e★\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; 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UI Symbol'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e★ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eCatholic Media Award Winner - Faith and Science \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e★\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e“This is a powerful, insightful, and hopeful (if realistic) book. A single reading will inform the reader of critical issues facing humanity as occupants of the earth. Subsequent engagement, slowed to the pace of deep deliberation, will enrich the mind and spirt of the reader through recognition of the bounty of God’s creation, the inseparability of man from creation, and importance of recognizing and honoring that connection and the responsibilities of stewardship.”–\u003cb\u003e Neil Fulton\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCatholic Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e\"Kate Rigby’s book is a stunning contribution to our understanding of extinction and its myriad challenges. It is a brilliant weaving of Christian theology, personal reflection, and environmental action. One of the most engaging books I have read in some time – destined to become a classic.” – \u003cb\u003eMary Evelyn Tucker, co-director, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e\"Kate Rigby’s book, ‘Meditations on Creation in an Era of Extinction’ explores the evolution of humanity's environmental impact on creation and the colonial lens and cultural biases destroying our world. The ecological crisis in Australia and around the globe is of critical concern to the First Nations people. We consider ourselves the original conservationists and our culture, law, ceremonies, and relationship with the Spirit Creator are founded on our connection and relationship with our Country. First Nations people have protested against mining, pastoral destruction, and farming erosion on our lands for centuries and our protest has fallen on deaf ears. The Western empire in its pursuit of power and wealth stole lands, committed genocide, raped, and committed all manner of atrocities and in so doing separated themselves from the Spirit Creator and creation. Land has lost its spiritual and relational value and has been replaced as an economic commodity. History clearly records the growth of empires and the destruction of land, waterways, and seas. Empire’s greed has disconnected them from the Spiritual life force of ‘Mother Earth’. I highly recommend this book as it highlights the First Nations people's relationship to land, gives rise to their voices, and provides a soul-filling and life-giving perspective.\" –\u003cb\u003e Professor Anne Pattel-Gray, Professor of Indigenous Studies and Head, School of Indigenous Studies, University of Divinity, Naarm (Melbourne)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e“In this brilliantly creative and lucid book, Rigby takes the ancient concept of the Hexameron found in early Church literature, and then brings it to life in dialogue with reflections on current eco-social issues. As the title suggests, the author is not content with simple description, but, by entering the text through personal meditation, touches the hearts of readers while also engaging the intellect in careful dialogue with scholarly works in ancient literature, contemporary sciences, ecotheology, and indigenous traditions. Rigby does not turn away from prophetic witness when considering the darker aspects of our earthly condition, and, step by step, walks the reader through scholarly material that is both profound and richly provocative. Woven into this narrative are moving stories arising from interviews of the author with those who have committed themselves to care for other creatures. There is a mystic quality to this book that is both ancient and deeply moving, since it draws its sources from contemplative practices, leading to a deep reflection on the demise of creatures that are being lost in our own lifetimes. This is a beautifully written and novel book that deserves wide readership.” —\u003cstrong\u003eCelia Deane-Drummond, director, Laudato Si’ Research Institute and senior research fellow, Campion Hall, University of Oxford\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(36, 93, 178);\"\u003e\"We live in a time when the sacred body of the earth is marred by a multitude of extinctions. And each extinction is decreation. In a deeply lyrical and personal manner, Kate Rigby leads us on a spiritual meditation along the creaturely paths of conservation, loss, and hope. Voices and faces of animals, fragile humans, and hidden divinities intertwine in this spiritual hymn to the ecologies of the sacred, producing one of the most surprising and intimate works of contemporary environmentalism.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eSerenella Iovino, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #406bb4;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePracticing an ancient form of theological reflection on creation—the hexameron—this book attends to the entangled crises of global climate change, toxic pollution, biodiversity loss, social inequity, and ecological \u003cspan\u003eunraveling\u003c\/span\u003e. Rigby takes each day of the Genesis 1 creation narrative as the launching point for critical theological engagement with earlier commentators like Basil of Caesarea, Augustine, Abelard, and Thomas Traherne, in the contemporary horizon of planetary imperilment and ecological injustice. Informed also by both Western science and indigenous knowledge, this book highlights faith-based initiatives from around the world that are contributing to the healing of human relations with our fellow creatures and shared earthly environs. By attending to planetary well-being and eco-justice, Rigby’s unique and striking approach to the hexameron captures both the industrial-era devastation of our common home and the precious hope for salvific healing in Shalom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKate Rigby\u003c\/strong\u003e is Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Environmental Humanities, University of Cologne, where she directs the research hub Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities (MESH). Her interdisciplinary research interests include environmental literary and cultural studies, environmental philosophy, and religion and ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/image_480x480.jpg?v=1684772385\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Rigby_Meditations_on_Creation_in_an_Era_of_Extinction_TOC.pdf?v=1695734067\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Rigby_Meditations_on_Creation_in_an_Era_of_Extinction_TOC.pdf?v=1728403964\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eClick Here For The Ta\u003c\/span\u003eble Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Rigby_Meditations_on_Creation_in_an_Era_of_Extinction_Intro_1.pdf?v=1728404029\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kateelizrigby?lang=en\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"235\" width=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Follow_the_Author_5_63a92894-0dd6-46e2-8d55-6fc9fc7c9d89.png?v=1717774793\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44436522041645,"sku":"978-1-62698-550-6","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Rigby_MeditationsonCreationFinalCvrcopy_96f3ff79-ae5f-4b0a-ac07-46db3e7ad7d1.jpg?v=1747249101"},{"product_id":"undoing-conquest-ancient-israel-the-bible-and-the-future-of-christianity","title":"Undoing Conquest: Ancient Israel, the Bible, and the Future of Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(37, 79, 142);\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Advance Praise \u0026amp; Reviews*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(37, 79, 142);\"\u003e\"Kate Common has written a book both heartbreaking and inspiring. The heartbreak is the fact that many of us, through millennia, have used the Bible to mutilate others’ cultures and lives. The inspiration is that Common mines a deeply unheralded “still small voice” in biblical history that, if fanned, can make us worthy of being called “religious.”  It is a bold book meant to dismember, in our hearts, the Bible’s tectonic plates.\"-\u003cstrong\u003eRabbi Susan Schnur, Psy.D., Senior Editor Emerita of Lilith Magazine.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(37, 79, 142);\"\u003e“The story of the conquest of Canaan under Joshua was weaponized by western Christian empires to colonize North America, South Africa, and Australia. The same story is being used today by Christian and Jewish Zionists as a blueprint to occupy Palestinian land and ethnically cleanse the Palestinian people. . . . \u003cem\u003eUndoing Conquest\u003c\/em\u003e provides a new liberating counter-interpretation from the perspective of an oppressed, yet innovative community. This book is an important read for anyone who is looking for a fresh theological reflection on the Book of Joshua and a justice-oriented praxis for the Christian church today.” \u003cstrong\u003e–\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMitri Raheb, f\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eounder and p\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eresident, Dar al-Kalima University, Bethlehem, Palestine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(37, 79, 142);\"\u003e“Kate Common’s book arrives at a propitious moment when an intractable conflict with scriptural roots cries out for new thinking. The Highland Settlement material is a ‘liberative origins narrative,’ a ‘countermemory . . . that can help prompt radical imagination and social change.’ This is Feminist Practical Theology at its best and, God willing, just in the nick of time.” \u003cstrong\u003e–M\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eary E. Hunt, co-director, Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(37, 79, 142);\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eUndoing Conquest\u003c\/em\u003e presents an accessible account of otherwise highly technical archaeological, scientific, and academic treatments of the world that would become ancient Israel. It will surely challenge readers' presuppositions and compel the kind of change that addresses countless societal problems in our world today.” –\u003cstrong\u003eBrandon J. Simonson, Boston University School of Theology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(37, 79, 142);\"\u003e“Not since Walter Wink has the church had an invitation and method for engaging the text like what Common offers.” –\u003cstrong\u003ePatrick B. Reyes, Dean, Auburn Theological Seminary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #265090;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg height=\"45\" width=\"451\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_31_acc35af7-7009-461b-828e-de2141f2dd84.png?v=1757616737\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHow a new understanding of the origins of the Hebrew people can help churches recognize and take responsibility for a history of violence and conquest, make reparations, and seek reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn the last century, archaeologists of the Highlands Settlements north of Jerusalem uncovered evidence that reshapes traditional understandings of Israelite history and the Bible. This new history remains largely untold outside of specialized archeological and biblical studies contexts. In Undoing Conquest, Kate Common recovers the material evidence that challenges the theological imagination of conquest that has permeated Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExamining how biblical conquest narratives shaped Christian ideology, \u003cem\u003eUndoing Conquest\u003c\/em\u003e offers ways to incorporate the story the Highlands Settlements reveal into the life of the church to repair the harms of settler-colonialism and genocide, creating a more just future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKate Common\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cspan\u003eAssistant Professor in Public and Practical Theology\u003c\/span\u003e at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio. 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Edwards aims to equip Christians with appropriate grounding to create communities of hope and faith in the face of traumatic loss, communities that will build the physical, spiritual, and relational conditions for fruitful living.”\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eꟷ\u003cb\u003eM. 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Its virtues are many: timeliness in expanding theological reflection on trauma’s connection to memory and embodiment, showing the deep resonances \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 77, 164);\"\u003ebetween womanist ethics and philosophical hermeneutics, and illustrating how the connection between personal and social dimensions of liberation theology requires an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 77, 164);\"\u003eaccount of the remembering self, positioned within communities of memory who must continually struggle to interpret, claim, and draw strength from the challenging—even dangerously transformative—memories of their pasts.\"ꟷ\u003cstrong\u003eDavid A. Clairmont, \u003ci\u003eHorizons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 77, 164);\"\u003e“In her creative and compelling theological analysis of trauma, Stephanie Edwards offers readers a valuable ethic of lament, social healing, and active resistance. \u003ci\u003eEnfleshed Counter-Memory\u003c\/i\u003e provides balm and hope for communities in our troubled times.” ꟷ\u003cb\u003eKristin E. 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This incarnational ethic takes embodied pain and resistance seriously as it casts an inspiring vision for enacting hope and healing.” \u003cb\u003eꟷJessica Coblentz, author, \u003ci\u003eDust in the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 77, 164);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 77, 164);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 77, 164);\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEnfleshed Counter-Memory\u003c\/i\u003e is both urgent and timeless. Stephanie Edwards weaves together theology, ethics, contemporary events, and practice in ways that empower the reader to take action.”\u003cb\u003e ꟷAnnie Selak, director, Women’s Center, Georgetown University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 77, 164);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 77, 164);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(19, 77, 164);\"\u003e“The best treatment of trauma, its impacts, and the ways of justly responding to these impacts on offer in Christian social ethics. . . . Edwards has given us a gift that can empower all of us to journey together in the shared work of healing ourselves, our communities, and our world.” \u003cb\u003eꟷJames W. McCarty, PhD, Tom Porter Religion and Conflict Transformation Program, Boston University School of Theology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;\"\u003eThis powerful work by a social worker and ethicist charts a compelling path of solidarity and healing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eIn a world saturated with trauma, where do we turn for healing and hope? Neither downplaying trauma’s devastation nor rushing toward easy redemption, Stephanie Edwards crafts a “Christian ethic of “enfleshed counter-memory” as a framework for grappling with the complexities of personal and collective suffering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eDrawing insights from womanist theology, trauma studies, and the work of Johann Baptist Metz, Edwards constructs an ethic that embraces the incarnational reality of our embodied lives. Enfleshed counter-memory disrupts cultural narratives that demand forgetting, instead calling us to resist oppressive powers by remembering rightly. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eFor scholars, ministers, students, and all those seeking an embodied Christian response to our wounded world, this book offers a vital resource for the journey ahead. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eStephanie C. Edwards, MSW, PhD,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e is executive director, Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium (BTI). She is a Catholic ethicist and a social worker, practicing diverse service delivery, grant writing, and nonprofit management for over a decade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"\u003eCover design:  Ponie Sheehan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eCover image:   squarefrog, Pixabay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eAlso Of Interest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/2ipj8gx1ljczgbib-18564382784.shopifypreview.com\/products\/theology-in-a-post-traumatic-church?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=d6a8b4c81\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Sheveland_TheologyinaPostTraumaticChurch_720x_f08596cd-8c50-4e89-886f-acff517f4dcf.webp?v=1713378520\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"309\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/2ipj8gx1ljczgbib-18564382784.shopifypreview.com\/products\/the-virtue-of-resilience?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=5399575db\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/9781626981607_540x_97b671b3-5c9f-40b7-ac5f-a7ee769cba6e.webp?v=1713378591\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"309\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/2ipj8gx1ljczgbib-18564382784.shopifypreview.com\/products\/redeeming-the-past?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=a4cc63bc8\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/978-1-62698-043-3_540x_770bd828-1a30-4474-842a-07693559b2f9.webp?v=1713378653\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"301\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; 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line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #153b74;\"\u003e\"As a womanist biblical scholar who has delved into womanist ethics, I am so excited to see Melanie Jones Quarles’ engagement with Luke’s bent over woman in 13:10-17. In \u003ci\u003eUp Against a Crooked Gospel\u003c\/i\u003e, Quarles brilliantly intersects ethics, theology, and biblical scholarship as she reframes the woman’s story in conversation with her grandmother. Quarles propels Black women to show up, speak up, and never shut up, thus, pushing us all to pursue political power while confronting the heteropatriarchal capitalist white supremacist realities within the Black church. I will be assigning this tour de force the next time I teach the Gospel of Luke.\" \u003cb\u003e--Angela N. Parker, Ph.D., associate professor, Mercer University \u0026amp; author, \u003ci\u003eIf God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I? Black Lives Matter and Biblical Authority\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #153b74;\"\u003e\"Melanie Jones Quarles’s \u003ci\u003eUp Against a Crooked Gospel\u003c\/i\u003e provides an incisive new reading of Luke’s “bent woman.” In her theo-ethical analysis, Quarles’s “hermeneutics of parallel” centers her grandmother’s story and Black women’s experience with “bendedness.” This significant womanist reading adeptly brings into relief the dignity and wisdom carried in Black bended bodies, as well as the causes and debilitating impact of “bendedness.” \u003ci\u003eUp Against a Crooked Gospel\u003c\/i\u003e is an important addition to other  womanist and disability studies readings of Luke’s “bent woman” and to Black church studies.\" \u003cb\u003e--Mitzi J. Smith, Ph.D., J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary \u0026amp; affiliate\u003ci\u003e Professor Extraordinarius,\u003c\/i\u003e University of South Africa, College of Humanities, Institute for Gender Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #153b74;\"\u003e“A stunning treatment of womanist theology and a must-read for any serious student of womanist method and Christian ethics. Propelled by her grandmother’s lived witness, Jones Quarles centers the ‘bendedness’ of Black women’s bodies to explore critical questions of salvation and redemption. She boldly claims that, too often, the Black Church and its narrow biblical interpretation is responsible, at least in part, for Black women’s suffering. She endeavors to hold the church accountable for responding to the flesh and blood realities of Black women.” \u003cb\u003e–Rev. Eboni Marshall Turman, PhD, associate professor, theology and African American religion, Yale Divinity School\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #153b74;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #153b74;\"\u003e“An original and compelling contribution to Christian ethics and biblical interpretation, offering a fourth-wave womanist approach to centering Black women's moral agency and embodied experience of the Divine in theological and ethical reflection. . . . Grandmother Foster's story reveals the multifaceted ways US society contorts, controls, commodifies, and abuses Black women's bodies. [This book] is a persuasive reminder of Black women's embodied power to upend their lives, disrupt oppressive systems in church and society, and walk hand-in-hand with others to lead us on a path of redemption. It is an essential new resource for classroom teaching in colleges, universities, and seminaries, and for congregational use. \u003cb\u003e–Rev. Dr. Elizabeth L. Hinson-Hasty, professor, theology and ethics, Union Presbyterian Seminary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #153b74;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg height=\"72\" width=\"315\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_3.webp?v=1724785113\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eAn essential text for students and scholars of womanist thought, ethics, biblical studies, and Black religion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eDrawing upon her grandmother's personal struggles with physical \"bendedness\" and the narrative of the bent woman in Luke 13:10-17, Melanie Jones Quarles engages Black religious thought and cultural criticism to expose how the Black Church paradoxically nurtures Black women while also sustaining their oppression. Quarles mines the prophetic imaginations of influential womanist thinkers, crafting a liberating vision that resists serving as surrogate \"saviors\" in society and religion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eWith insights into politics, Christology, and biblical interpretation, this book boldly calls Black women to unbend their bodies and reclaim their moral agency in the face of crooked systems that attempt to constrain their freedom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMelanie Jones Quarles\u003c\/strong\u003e is a womanist ethicist, millennial preacher, and intellectual activist. She is assistant professor of ethics, theology, and culture, and director of The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary. 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