WomanPrayer WomanSong: Resources for Ritual

WomanPrayer WomanSong is a groundbreaking contribution to the church of our day. While drawing on scripture and affirming Gods self-revelation in Jesus Christ this exciting book addresses the urgent need for ritual which incorporates womens experience. Feminine biblical images of God are recovered; feminine pronouns for God are supplied; valiant women are remembered; the church year is reinterpreted to highlight womens experience; and oppression and violence against women in scripture and society are exposed. I have been searching for alternatives to hierarchical coercive male images of God which are at the same time faithful to the Christian revelation. I have found a rich resource here! --Ruth Duck Pastor Professor of Worship Garrett -Evangelical Theological Seminary With Miriam Therese Winters WomanPrayer WomanSong the feminist movement in the Christian community goes beyond the critique of patriarchal bias in religion and begins a new phase. Through a new religious encounter with the Mother-spirit of God a new religious culture begins to develop that also renews the liberating grace and power of biblical faith. For the first time the church prays and sings the ancient story of creation and redemption through womens creative imagination. --Rosemary Ruether author of Women-Church By drawing on tradition to challenge tradition this book models how a feminist hermeneutic can revitalize tradition. The preface liturgies and songs reveal a sophisticated theological mind blessed with the gift of poetic expression. --Thomas Troeger Professor of Preaching and Parish Ministry and Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs Iliff School of Theology Miriam Therese Winter a Medical Mission Sister is professor of liturgy worship spirituality and feminist studies and director of the Womens Leadership Institute at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. She is author of award-winning books and songs which include WomanWisdom WomanWitness and WomanWord a trilogy of books on all the women of the Bible and the recording Joy Is Like the Rain.