Spirited Women: Encountering the First Women Believers

Combining biblical scholarship midrash and an imaginative fictional approach Mary Ellen Ashcroft takes a new look at seven biblical women: Mary Magdalene Maria Mary the Mother of Jesus Joanna The Samaritan Woman and Martha. In this book Ashcroft views these women in light of Christs resurrection. What might they have thought felt and done once they knew that Jesus had been raised? How did they influence-even help build-the early Christian movement? Ashcroft maintains that these women have become lost in history; that their true identities have been obscured. By seeing them afresh we can gain insights for our own discipleship. Ashcroft says Mentors and foremothers of the faith have you been lost or have we? You have sat watching these many years waiting to welcome us. Perhaps it is in finding you that we find our place in the faith. Spirited Women includes spiritual exercises for meditation reflection prayer and discussion.