Writing Pauline Wisdom From A Long Life

by Stearns, Gail J.

• ISBN13: 9780761831211
• ISBN10: 0761831215
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-27
• Publisher: Hamilton Books

Summary

Once in awhile we are confronted with a person's life and insight so remarkable, we pause to reflect upon our own beliefs, meaning, maturing, theory and theology. This life history of Pauline Thompson encompasses the astonishing life and career of a twentieth-century woman, a life that variously embraced religious symbolism, Jungian analysis, protests and arrests, careers in education and medicine, as well as relationships ranging from bigamous to bisexual. Writing Pauline: Wisdom From A Long Life explores how Thompson's reflections pose challenges to our common and academic notions of feminist theory, ethical development, Christian theology, Jungian psychology, and ethnographic research.

Author Biography

Gail J. Stearns is Director of the Common Ministry and Adjunct Faculty in the Honor's College as well as Women's Studies Department at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

Table of Contents

Figures	vii
Preface	ix
Pauline E. Thompson
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
Childhood and Character	1	(18)
Professional Training, Work, and Relationships	19	(18)
Having No Time: War Time	37	(10)
Post-War Analysis	47	(16)
Retirement and Activism	63	(10)
Religion and Relinking: Pauline's Theology	73	(14)
Rethinking Psychology, Religion, Ethics, and Ethnography	87	(16)
Conclusion	103	(10)
Notes	113	(10)
Index	123	(4)
About the Author	127