Free to Believe
Subtitle: Liberating Images of God for Women
Publisher: Pilgrim Press
Published: November 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780829813944
Subjects: Women; Self-perception in women; Image of God; Theology - Feminine; Religion; Christian Theology - Feminine; Gender Studies; Christian women; Religious life
First sentence: When I was six years old, God was love to me.
Description: "Free to Believe is an examination of the relationship between self-image and images of God. Mary Crist Brown focuses on the psychological, cultural, and religious influences that have created a sense of inequality between the sexes and on how changing gender roles have challenged these traditional ideas. Using stories drawn from her work as a pastoral counselor, Brown explores the ways in which many women struggle with issues of equality, self-sacrifice, guilt, self-denial, depression, and abuse.

She offers practical exercises and suggestions for ways women can find images of God and self that underscore the intrinsic value of their personhood."--BOOK JACKET.