Mystics, Visionaries, and Prophets

by Madigan, Shawn

• ISBN13: 9780800634209
• ISBN10: 0800634209
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

Winner of Catholic Press Association Book-of-the-Year Award?SpiritualityUnique in its range and depth, this lavish anthology for the first time captures in a single volume the most notable spiritual writings of leading women from all periods of Christian history.Because spirituality involves more than simply prayer and piety, Madigan has selected women whose quests for intimacy with God also involves some visionary experience or social witness. Ranging from Perpetua in the third century to Mother Teresa and Edwina Gately in this century, her volume includes writings from both European women and, in the modern period, Asian, American, and African American women. Apart from redressing the heavy gender imbalance of most histories of Christianity, this volume also provides strong historical introductions to and bibliographies of the twenty-six women whose writings are generously excerpted.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD by Benedicta Ward	vii
INTRODUCTION	3	(163)
1. PERPETUA (c. 203)
I Knew the Lord Was with Me	9	(17)
2. PELAGIA THE ACTRESS (fourth century?)
My Choice Is the Riches of Christ	26	(15)
3. BRIGIT OF IRELAND (c. 453-518)
She Never Said No to the Poor	41	(18)
4. BALTHILD, QUEEN OF NEUSTRIA (died c. 680)
Sold at a Cheap Price	59	(15)
5. DHUODA OF SEPTIMANIA (ninth century)
My Son, Search Eagerly for God	74	(17)
6. HILDEGARD OF BINGEN (1098-1179)
Love Overflows into All Things	91	(18)
7. HÉLOISE (c. 1098-1164)
Unite Us Forever in the World to Come	109	(20)
8. MECHTHILD OF MAGDEBURG (c. 1207-1297)
Lead Me in the Dance	129	(19)
9. GERTRUDE THE GREAT (c. 1256-1302)
Engrave Thy Wounds upon My Heart	148	(18)
10. HADEWIJCH (thirteenth century)
I Am All Love's and Love Is All Mine	166	(25)
11. JULIAN OF NORWICH (1342-1420?)
In Our Mother Christ We Profit and Mature	191	(18)
12. CATHERINE OF SIENA (1347-1380)
I Ask Mercy for the World	209	(18)
13. MARGERY KEMPE (c. 1373-1440)
I Ask God's Mercy for Everyone	227	(20)
14. TERESA OF ÁVILA (1515-1582)
Study Diligently How to Walk in Truth	247	(21)
15. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL (1572-1641)
Strike Back with the Heart	268	(20)
16. SOJOURNER TRUTH (c. 1797-1883)
They All Know Jesus! I Am So Happy!	288	(19)
17. MARIA W. STEWART (1803-late nineteenth century)
You Are Made in God's Image	307	(19)
18. GABRIELLE BOSSIS (1874-1950)
Each Soul Is My Favorite	326	(19)
19. DOROTHY DAY (1897-1980)
The Only Solution Is Love	345	(17)
20. CARYLL HOUSELANDER (1901-1949)
A Christian Has No Enemies	362	(18)
21. PAULS MURRAY (1910-1985)
Hope Is a Song in a Weary Throat	380	(20)
22. LAURA LOPEZ and SILVIA MARIBEL ARRIOLA (twentieth century)
If We Love, We Must Show It	400	(14)
23. MOTHER TERESA (1910-1997)
We Need the Poor to Touch Christ	414	(20)
24. CHO WHA SOON (born 1934)
The Church Is for All People	434	(20)
25. MERCY AMBA ODUYOYE (horn 1934)
God Alone Gives and Distributes Gifts	454	(19)
26. EDWINA GATELEY (born 1943)
Being Missionary Means Being on the Edges	473	(22)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	495	(4)
INDEX	499