The Feminine Face of God
Author: Anderson, Sherry Ruth
ISBN: 9780553352665
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Jul 1992
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"An honest, compelling, surprising, and vastly reassuring book about the spiritual life of women . . . This landmark book is spiritual precisely because it is authentic."-Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of /b>i>b>Minding the Body, Mending the Mind/b>br>br>/i>b>With a foreword by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D./b>br>br>For many contemporary women, the old patriarchal models of religion are no longer relevant, forming a need to look beyond the male-oriented past to a wider, more fulfilling spiritual horizon. In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Sherry Anderson and Patricia Hopkins show how many women have redefined traditional beliefs and rediscovered their own unique spiritual heritage-i>The Feminine Face of God./i>Anderson and Hopkins guide you through the sacred garden of-br>br>. Childhood-seedbed of life's sacred passagebr>. Leaving home-finding your own inner authoritybr>. Relationships-new perspectives on intimacybr>. Spiritual practice-the importance of guidance and disciplinebr>. Sexuality-a wild card constantly cracking open the heartbr>. And much morebr>br>As women enter their sacred garden and learn the art of inner listening, they acquire the tools for living, loving, and praying authentically. In i>The Feminine Face of God /i>there are seeds for growth- for creating and sustaining intimacy and love in a new way; for a new understanding of sexuality; for a new vision of family, a family of choice in a community of love.
ISBN: 9780553352665
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Jul 1992
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"An honest, compelling, surprising, and vastly reassuring book about the spiritual life of women . . . This landmark book is spiritual precisely because it is authentic."-Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of /b>i>b>Minding the Body, Mending the Mind/b>br>br>/i>b>With a foreword by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D./b>br>br>For many contemporary women, the old patriarchal models of religion are no longer relevant, forming a need to look beyond the male-oriented past to a wider, more fulfilling spiritual horizon. In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Sherry Anderson and Patricia Hopkins show how many women have redefined traditional beliefs and rediscovered their own unique spiritual heritage-i>The Feminine Face of God./i>Anderson and Hopkins guide you through the sacred garden of-br>br>. Childhood-seedbed of life's sacred passagebr>. Leaving home-finding your own inner authoritybr>. Relationships-new perspectives on intimacybr>. Spiritual practice-the importance of guidance and disciplinebr>. Sexuality-a wild card constantly cracking open the heartbr>. And much morebr>br>As women enter their sacred garden and learn the art of inner listening, they acquire the tools for living, loving, and praying authentically. In i>The Feminine Face of God /i>there are seeds for growth- for creating and sustaining intimacy and love in a new way; for a new understanding of sexuality; for a new vision of family, a family of choice in a community of love.
