Sister of Wisdom: St. Hildegard's Theology of the Feminine
"At long last there has appeared an English-language book worthy of the  person it studies. . . . Hildegard of Bingen was an exuberantly complex  visualist and thinker; Dr. Newman's book is an excellent way of being introduced  to Hildegard's sapiential visuals and thought."  --Adris Newsletter"Newman analyzes carefully and critically the unique contributions that  Hildegard, a twelfth-century abbess, mystic and scientist, made to the theology  of her age, while at the same time successfully situating her within that very  period."  --Alice J. Laffey, R.S.M., America"Newman brilliantly analyzes the feminine motifs that appear in the  writings of the remarkable Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) who was a prophet,  visionary, scientist, cosmologist, counselor, and reformer. . . . This is the  first book on Hildegard in English and the only work of any length on her  theology of the feminine."  --A. McDowall, Choice"Newman's penetrating study of Hildegard's theology of the feminine  fills a great need. . . . Although her stated subject is theology, the evidence  she brings to bear on her subject comes from the whole range of Hildegard's  writings: scientific, lyrical, doctrinal, epistolary. Newman's translations are  her own and rich; they are from Latin, not from German translations of the text.  Her detailed critical apparatus not only grounds her insights and arguments  firmly in clearly identified primary sources, but also provides a rich  bibliography."  --Barbara Lachman Grant, Mystics Quarterly