Foremothers of the Women's Spirituality Movement: Elders and Visionaries
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (987 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1934844500 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 366 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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D. M. She said This is a must read. Get this for your friends, or for yourself. Don't miss this story.. This is important for anyone interested in spirituality, religion, or history. If you lived through the 1960s it will bring back wonderful memories, if you are too young for that it will give you a glimpse of how much people can change life for the better. An exhilarating read and amazing story.. Amy said A valuable resource. What a wonderful book about some of the first leaders of the women's spirituality movement! The essayists were requested to write about how they became involved in the women's spirituality movement, the work that they have done in the movement, and to discuss the projects they are currently working on. Some of the essays follow this pattern without a lot of personal anecdotes, and some. "An important, ground-breaking collection filled with the fascinating life" according to Jean Taylor. An important, ground-breaking collection filled with the fascinating life stories of some of the women who helped create the Women's Spirituality Movement in the late sixties and early seventies.
This seeming explosion of creative religious expression on the part of contemporary Western women is the thematic focus of this book; the 33 chapters are the individual stories of the movement's founders in their own words. Some called themselves witches, leaving the church or temple to start covens or churches of their own; others worked within mainstream religious frameworks to bring the "feminine" into what had earlier been male-only priesthoods and doctrines. This is an important book for Women's Studies and the study of Women's Spirituality.. Besides fighting for legal issues such as equal pay in the marketplace and the right to have a credit card or keep one's own name, feminists demanded women's health and reproductive rights, marriage reform, and sexual freedom. Just as foam-born Aphrodite arose from the sea, the revolutionary Goddess movement arose to inspire women around the country and the world to begin research
Winner of the Susan Koppelman award for best edited feminist anthology.