Delighting in the Femine Divine

In this text the reader is allowed both the freedom to accept and the freedom to affirm those human traits and values that western culture has traditionally identified with woman.

Preface

ix

Dr. Georgia Keightley

Introduction

xi

Part One The Feminine Divine in the Hebrew Scriptures

A Hovering Nesting Mother Bird

5

(2)

Creating Human Life in Her Image

7

(4)

Sheltering Those in Difficulty under the Shadow of Her Wings

11

(3)

Eagle/Spirit Winging the Enslaved toward Freedom

14

(2)

Shekinah: She-Who-Dwells-Within

16

(2)

Shekinah: Transforming the Church

18

(2)

El Shaddai: God the Breasted One

20

(2)

Humanity in the Womb of God

22

(2)

Washerwoman God

24

(2)

God as Seamstress

26

(10)

Part Two The Feminine Divine in Sophia and Jesus-Sophia

Sophia: Angry Preacher

36

(3)

Sophia: Liberator

39

(4)

Sophia: Tree of Life and Mentor

43

(2)

Sophia: Welcoming Hostess

45

(4)

Sophia: Mother

49

(3)

Sophia: Crucified Christ

52

(2)

Jesus-Sophia: Healer of Our Stress

54

(2)

Women Prophets Persecuted

56

(2)

Jesus: Mirror of Sophia

58

(2)

Sophia: and the Woman Caught in Adultery

60

(5)

Part Three The Feminine Divine in the Christian Tradition

Clement of Alexandria

65

(2)

God the Nourisher

66

(1)

John Chrysostom

67

(4)

Eucharist as Nourishment

68

(3)

Brigit of Kildare

71

(5)

Mother Goddess and Christian Saint

73

(3)

Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great, and Julian of Norwich

76

(5)

The Wisdom of God as Mother

78

(3)

Anselm of Canterbury

81

(4)

Jesus as Mother

82

(3)

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

85

(5)

Jesus as Mother and the Abbot as Mother

87

(3)

Mechtild von Hackeborn

90

(3)

Mother God

91

(2)

Hildegard of Bingen

93

(4)

A Vision of the Feminine Divine

95

(2)

Marguerite of Oingt

97

(3)

Mother Jesus Birthing the World

98

(2)

Julian of Norwich

100

(8)

The Wisdom of the Trinity as our Mother

102

(2)

Merciful Mother Jesus

104

(4)

Part 4 Reflections of Contemporary Women

Ammah's Lullaby

108

(3)

Regina Madonna Oliver

Grandmother God

111

(3)

Bettie McNamara Fretz

Delighting in the Magic of the Feminine Divine

114

(5)

Nancy Long

Mother Eagle and the Reluctant Risk-Taker

119

(1)

Nanette M. Wisser

Mother God---Maker of the Beautiful

120

(2)

Nanette M. Wisser

Wisdom as Playful Craftswoman

122

(3)

Donna M. Mogan

The Fruits of God's Mother-Touch

125

(3)

Pat Lehrer

A Balloon Ride With Sophia

128

(3)

Sophia Group

Epiphany

131

(2)

Nancy M. Healy

The One Who Answers When I Call

133

(3)

Regina Madonna Oliver

Women---Images of the Feminine Divine

136

(3)

Bridget Mary Meehan

Resource Suggestions for Delighting in the Feminine Divine

139

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Delighting in the Femine Divine

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