Friday, January 19, 2018

Mother's Day Reading Assignment: Read Books by Women

A couple of years ago, I think it was on Mother's Day, the minister at the church we were attending suggested that we should make a point to read some women authors for spiritual assistance.  I have forgotten the context.  The memory of that popped into my mind recently that I have been reading some women authors.  Had never set out to make it a point to read or not read women authors but it just happened.  A couple of nights I fell asleep trying to list them in my mind.  Before the mid-nineties and Amazon, the list is probably incomplete.  Will add to this as more come to mind.  This illuminates my interests.
Religion, Philosophy, Biography,  Novels and Spiritual Writing 

 The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels   - early eighties

 Adam, Eve and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity (1988),

 The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics (1995),

 Ancient Israelite Religion - Susan Niditch 1997

 Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas (2003)

 A History of God - Karen Armstrong - late nineties

 Beloved - Toni Morrison 2004

 Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith - Kathleen Norris  ~ 2005 give or take

 The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand 2005
Anglo-American Postmodernity: Philosophical Perspectives on Science, Religion, and Ethics  Murphy, Nancey  2005

Beyond Liberalism and Fundamentalism: How Modern and Postmodern Philosophy Set the Theological Agenda (Rockwell Lecture Series) - Murphy, Nancey 2006

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith  - Anne Lamott 2006

Everyman Revived: The Common Sense of Michael Polanyi
Scott, Mrs. Drusilla  2006

Bodies and Souls, or Spirited Bodies? (Current Issues in Theology)
Nancey Murphy  2007

The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance


Dorothee Solle   2007


Great Emergence, The: How Christianity Is Changing and Why (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) - Phyllis Tickle   2008

An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith  - Barbara Brown Taylor - 2009



The Case for God - Karen Armstrong - 2009
Luminous Web: Essays on Science and Religion

Barbara Brown Taylor 2010
Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions - Rachel Held Evans  2010
Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self (The Terry Lectures Series) - Marilynne Robinson - 2010


Mysticism: A Study of the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness (1911)  Evelynn Underhill - 2011


Lives of the Trees: An Uncommon History - Diana Wells - 2011


Cyborg Selves: A Theological Anthropology of the Posthuman  -Jeanine Thweatt-Bates  2012

Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening - Diana Butler Bass  2012




Emergence Christianity: What It Is, Where It Is Going, and Why It Matters - Phyllis Tickle  2012
Theology for Skeptics - Dorothee Soelle - 2012 
Christ in Evolution  Ilia Delio - 2012



The Emergent Christ Ilia Delio - 2012


The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution, and the Power of Love
Ilio Delio - 2013



Changing Signs of Truth: A Christian Introduction to the Semiotics of Communication - Crystal L. Downing - 2013
Wife Material: A Novel of Misbehavior and Freedom - Deborah Cox - 2015
Embracing a Beautiful God: Tenth Anniversary Edition - Patricia Adams Farmer - 2015



On the Mystery: Discerning Divinity In Process - Catherine Keller - 2015

Meditation: How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind - Pema Chödrön - 2015

Welcome to the Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity - Frederica Mathewes-Green - 2016

The Empathy Exams: Essays - Leslie Jamison - 2017



Mike and Maxine: Whither Thou Goest...: Two Alzheimer's Journeys - Jan Fielder Ziegler, Heather Tyler, Melody Walker - 2017



Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel - Zora Neale Hurston - 2018

 The Complete Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor - 2018




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