An ecofeminist perspective on Ash Wednesday and Lent
By: Sylvia A. Sweeney.
Series: American university studies. VII, Theology and religion -- v. 297
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781433107399
Subjects: Ash Wednesday; Lent; Ecofeminism; Feminist theology; Ecotheology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Why study Ash Wednesday?; title: Introduction; title: Ash Wednesday as a classic; title: Part II: The historical development of Ash Wednesday; title: The wellsprings of Ash Wednesday; title: Medieval influences on Ash Wednesday; title: Cranmerian influences on Ash Wednesday; title: The 1979 BCP Rite; title: Part III: Ecofeminism on human finitude; title: An ecofeminist hermeneutic of mortality; title: An ecofeminist hermeneutic of death; title: Part IV: Conversation; title: Hearing ecofeminism from a traditional perspective; title: Hearing the Ash Eednesday tradition from an ecofeminist perspective.