Pastrix
Subtitle: the cranky, beautiful faith of a sinner & saint
By: Nadia Bolz-Weber
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jericho Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781455527083
Subjects: Women clergy; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Clergy; Recovering alcoholics; Lutheran Church; Biography
Description: "Bolz-Weber takes no prisoners as she reclaims the term 'pastrix' (pronounced 'pas-triks,' a term used by some Christians who refuse to recognize female pastors) in her messy, beautiful, prayer-and-profanity laden narrative about an unconventional life of faith"--Dust jacket flap.

Bolz-Weber reclaims the term "pastrix," used by some Christians who refuse to recognize female pastors. Heavily tattooed and loud-mouthed, a former stand-up comic, Bolz-Weber sure as hell didn't consider herself to be religious leader material-- until the day she ended up leading a friend's funeral, surrounded by fellow alcoholics, depressives, and cynics. She realized: these were her people. Maybe she was meant to be their pastor.
Table of contents: title: Fall 2005; title: The rowing team; title: God's Aunt; title: Albion Babylon; title: La femme Nadia; title: Thanks, ELCA!; title: Hurricanes and humiliation; title: I didn't call you for this truth bullshit; title: Clinical pastoral education; title: Eunuchs and hermaphrodites; title: Cotton candy; title: Pirate Christian; title: The Haitian stations of the cross; title: Demons and snow angels; title: Doormats and wrinkled vestments; title: Ghosts in the Kingdom of Heaven; title: Dirty fingernails; title: The wrong kind of different; title: He's a fuck-up, but he's our fuck-up; title: Beer & hymns.